Apple and Google Apply for Hundreds of Patents Every Year

question 101

Multiple Choice

Apple and Google apply for hundreds of patents every year.These patents

• A) allow Apple and Google to produce goods with no risk of monetary loss.
• B) provide incentives for Apple and Google to spend large amounts of money up front on research and development of new products.
• C) create more competition among Apple,Google,and other tech firms than would occur without government intervention.
• D) make it easy for Apple and Google products to be similar.
• E) make it easy for other firms to compete with Apple and Google.

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Definitions:

Expressive Reactions

Emotional responses to stimuli or events that are outwardly displayed and observable by others.

Schachter's Two-Factor Theory

A psychological theory proposing that emotion is experienced through a combination of physiological arousal and a cognitive label applied to explain the arousal.

Autonomic Arousal

The activation of the autonomic nervous system, which can result in physiological changes like increased heart rate or sweating, often in response to stress or perceived threats.

Attraction Attribution

The process of explaining the reasons for one's attraction to others, often attributing it to various factors like personality, appearance, or similarity.