Gina Was Pregnant with Her First Child, and She Ordered

question 167

True/False

Gina was pregnant with her first child, and she ordered a beer at lunch.She drank it despite reading the label that said consumption of alcohol during pregnancy has been linked to birth defects.Her actions are likely to cause cognitive dissonance in the other patrons in the restaurant.

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Definitions:

Diversification

The strategy of spreading investments across various financial assets to reduce exposure to risk.

Uncorrelated

Refers to two or more variables that do not have any predictive relationship with each other.

Negatively Correlated

A relationship between two variables in which one variable increases as the other decreases.

Positively Correlated

A term describing two variables that move in the same direction, such that when one variable increases, the other also increases.