We Would Describe a Person's Choices as Time Inconsistent When

question 45

Multiple Choice

We would describe a person's choices as time inconsistent when people

• A) can't make choices in the present that determine their choices in the future.
• B) can't predict how current choices will affect future choices.
• C) change their minds just because "that was then,this is now."
• D) regret a decision they made,so they won't make the same decision again.
• E) try to figure out how they will decide in the future,and that decision influences today's decision.

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