Which of the Following Does Not Illustrate the Concept of Opportunity

question 150

Multiple Choice

Which of the following does not illustrate the concept of opportunity cost?

• A)Between 1990 and 1997,the state of California laid off 10,000 of its university employees to have the money to hire 10,000 employees for its prison system.
• B)By reducing its unemployment rate,the United States dramatically increased its production of both civilian and war goods in the early years of World War II.
• C)A computer whiz at M.I.T.gives up her senior year at the university to take a high-paying position at a new company,Socrates.com.
• D)The Secretary of the Interior must choose between enforcing a law that would save the spotted owl,an endangered species or the loss of 500 logging jobs.

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Definitions:

Social Productivity

The capacity to generate beneficial social outcomes through work, activities, or collaboration, enhancing the well-being of the community.

Audience Effects

The impact of passive spectators on performance.

Co-action Effects

The phenomenon where the presence of others performing the same task can affect an individual's performance, often enhancing it.

Primacy Effect

A cognitive bias that results in a person recalling items or information presented at the beginning of a list better than those in the middle or end.