The Default Effect

question 14

Multiple Choice

The default effect:

• A) refers to the observation that people tend to value something more highly when they own it than when they don't.
• B) refers to the observation that people tend to value something more highly when they don't own it than when they do.
• C) refers to the fact that when confronted with many alternatives, people sometimes avoid making a choice and end up with the option that is assigned as a default.
• D) refers to the observation that people do not have a strong attachment to the status quo.

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Definitions:

Crawl

The action of moving on all fours, typically the initial means of locomotion for infants before they learn to walk.

Walk Backward

The ability to move in a reverse direction by taking steps with the back leading, typically developed in early childhood.

Biological Transmission

The process of passing biological traits or diseases from one generation to the next through genetic information.

Genes

Units of heredity made up of DNA, located in chromosomes, that determine specific characteristics by coding for proteins.