Kahneman and Tversky Suggest That the Way People Go About

question 26

Multiple Choice

Kahneman and Tversky suggest that the way people go about assigning values to utilities of prizes is by

• A) defiining for themselves a status quo outcome only
• B) judging all outcomes other than the status quo as either gains or losses from the status quo only
• C) defiining for themselves a status quo outcome and judging all outcomes other than the status quo as either gains or losses from the status quo

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