Loss Aversion Is the Tendency to Experience Losses As

question 111

Multiple Choice

Loss aversion is the tendency to experience losses as:

• A)just as painful as the pleasures that result from gains of the same magnitude.
• B)more painful than the pleasures that result from gains of the same magnitude.
• C)less painful than the pleasures that result from gains of the same magnitude.
• D)more painful than gains of any magnitude.

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Definitions:

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