Tonya Believes That She Is Not Good at Sports,so Much

question 9

Multiple Choice

Tonya believes that she is not good at sports,so much so that when she takes part in athletic activities she is timid and performs poorly,and usually finds a way to sideline herself from the game.This is an example of _______.

• A)stereotype
• B)self-fulfilling prophecy
• C)role
• D)halo effect

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Definitions:

Marginal Cost

The financial outlay for creating an additional unit of a good or service.

Supply Curve

The supply curve is a graphical representation that shows the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity of the good that producers are willing to supply.

Zero Economic Profit

A situation where a firm's total revenues are exactly equal to its total costs, including opportunity costs, typically occurring in perfect competition in the long run.

Marginal Firm

A business that operates at the minimum level of profitability where any decrease in market prices would cause it to exit the market.