Are the Goods That Businesses Offer for "Free" to Consumers

question 119

Multiple Choice

Are the goods that businesses offer for "free" to consumers also free to society?

• A) Yes,because the individual consumer does not have to pay for them.
• B) Yes,because the marginal benefit is greater than the marginal cost.
• C) No,because scarce resources were used to produce the free goods.
• D) No,because society does not assign a value to free goods.

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Definitions:

Motivation

The process that initiates, guides, and maintains goal-oriented behaviors.

Pleasure Principle

A psychoanalytic concept suggesting that people seek pleasure and avoid pain, guiding much of human behavior and decision-making.

Superego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that acts as a moral center, enforcing societal norms and values.

Id

In psychoanalysis, the part of the mind in which innate instinctive impulses and primary processes are manifest.