What Is a Positive-Sum Situation

question 29

Multiple Choice

What is a positive-sum situation?

• A) One party gains more than the other
• B) Each party gains something, without a corresponding loss for the other party
• C) The losses of both parties result in a net gain for a third party
• D) A positive result is possible, but negotiations have stalled

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Definitions:

Somatic Nervous System

Part of the peripheral nervous system that manages voluntary movements and the transmission of sensory signals to and from the central nervous system.

Consciousness

The combination of a person’s subjective experience of the external world and the person’s internal mental activity; this combination results from brain activity.

Hypnosis

A social interaction during which a person, responding to suggestions, experiences changes in memory, perception, and/or voluntary action.

Meditation

A practice in which intense contemplation leads to a deep sense of calmness that has been described as an altered state of consciousness.