When Fixed Costs Are Ignored Because They Are Irrelevant to a Business's

question 142

Multiple Choice

When fixed costs are ignored because they are irrelevant to a business's production decision, they are called

• A)explicit costs.
• B)implicit costs.
• C)sunk costs.
• D)opportunity costs.

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Definitions:

Downward Counterfactual

Thinking about how a situation could have been worse, often leading to feelings of relief or contentment.

Upward Counterfactual

An imagined alternative in which the outcome is better than what actually happened.

Misinformation Effect

The phenomenon where people's memories of an event can be influenced by incorrect information presented after the event, leading to false recollections.

Priming

The process by which exposure to a stimulus in the environment increases the salience of a schema.