When a Textile Company Keeps Track of Its Inventory Using

question 138

Multiple Choice

When a textile company keeps track of its inventory using a computer and its competitor uses a pad of paper and a pencil, they are both answering the ________ part of one of the two big economic questions.

• A) "what"
• B) "how"
• C) "for whom"
• D) "where"

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Definitions:

Cognitive Growth

The intellectual development that occurs as we learn, understand, and apply knowledge over time.

Dualistic Thinking

A cognitive tendency to see situations and issues in polarized terms of two mutually exclusive categories, such as right/wrong or good/evil, common in early cognitive development and adolescence.

Goal-Directed Behavior

Actions taken with the intention of achieving a specific outcome or target.

Sensorimotor Period

A stage in early childhood development, according to Piaget's theory, where infants learn about the world primarily through their senses and motor activities.