At the Beginning of a Semester,a Group of Five Students

question 49

Multiple Choice

At the beginning of a semester,a group of five students (Marcus,Gerard,Penelope,Zendaya,and Duane) are asked to order a snack that the teacher will deliver to the students free of charge before the first class of the tenth week of the semester.The three choices are an apple,a banana,or a Snickers candy bar.The teacher collects the orders and finds that two students have ordered an apple,two students have ordered a banana,and one student has ordered a Snickers candy bar.The four students who ordered either an apple or a banana cite health consciousness as the reason for their choice.
Immediately before the orders are scheduled to be delivered,the teacher informs the students that they can switch their choice and order something else from the original menu if they wish,or they can receive what they originally ordered.Which of the following scenarios is the best example of inconsistent intertemporal decision-making?

• A) Marcus originally ordered an apple and did not change his choice when prompted.
• B) Gerard ordered a banana and switched to an apple when prompted.
• C) Penelope ordered an apple and switched to a banana when prompted.
• D) Zendaya ordered a banana and switched to a Snickers candy bar when prompted.
• E) Duane ordered a Snickers candy bar and did not change his choice when prompted.

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Definitions:

Noncompliance

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