If a Dinner Guest Was Serious When She Said That

question 4

Multiple Choice

If a dinner guest was serious when she said that she could never get enough of your cooking,you would conclude that the marginal utility of your cooking for her was _____.

• A)negative
• B)decreasing
• C)increasing at an increasing rate
• D)positive
• E)less than total utility

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Definitions:

Distractible

A characteristic of an individual who is easily pulled away from focusing on something by external stimuli or thoughts.

Cross-modal Transfer

The ability to apply learning and adapt behaviors based on information received through different sensory modes.

Habituation/dishabituation

A behavioral process where an organism reduces its response to a repeated stimulus, and dishabituation occurs if a new stimulus alters the response.

Visual Preference

The tendency to selectively pay attention to certain visual stimuli over others, based on interest or attraction.