Which Activity Is Most Likely to Create a Positive Externality

question 42

Multiple Choice

Which activity is most likely to create a positive externality?

• A) A person drives downtown each day.
• B) An oil refinery operates for 16 hours each day.
• C) A new airport is built in a big city.
• D) A person receives a flu shot.
• E) The government offers reduced-cost financing toward the purchase of a new car.

Identify and describe the functions of different brain regions and structures.

Understand the mechanisms underlying synaptic transmission and plasticity.

Identify the consequences of damage to specific brain areas on behavior and physiological functions.

Describe the process and significance of visual information processing.

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Definitions:

General Damages

Compensation awarded in a lawsuit for losses that cannot be precisely measured, such as pain and suffering or emotional distress.

Assault and Battery

Two distinct yet related crimes, where assault is the threat of violence, and battery is the actual physical contact or harm.

Defense of Others

A legal principle that justifies the use of reasonable force to protect another person from harm or danger.

Trial

A formal examination of evidence by a judge, and typically a jury, in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings.