(Consider This) in Response to the Terrorist Attacks of September

question 367

Multiple Choice

(Consider This) In response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the government decided to allocate more resources toward defense goods. The government's decision reflects their assessment that

• A) the marginal benefits of additional defense goods outweighed the marginal cost.
• B) the marginal cost of additional defense goods outweighed the marginal benefit.
• C) there cannot be too many defense goods.
• D) civilian goods are not worth producing.

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Definitions:

The Self

Consists of one’s ideas and attitudes about who one is.

Role

A set of expected behaviors, rights, obligations, and norms associated with a social position or status.

Status

A term referring to the relative social, professional, or other standing of someone or something.

Superego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that acts as a moral center, imposing ethical standards and social conformity.