The Problem of Adverse Selection

question 79

Multiple Choice

The problem of adverse selection

• A)implies that many people who do not need insurance coverage have it through group plans.
• B)means that those people who apply for insurance are the least likely to need insurance coverage.
• C)causes insurance underwriters to alter the health statistics of the general population when determining appropriate premiums.
• D)creates a savings element along with the insurance component of the premium and policy.

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Definitions:

Voluntary Responses

Actions that are under conscious control, often in contrast to reflexive or automatic responses.

Unconditioned Response

A natural, automatic reaction to a stimulus that occurs without the need for learning.

Classical Conditioning

An educational method where pairing two stimuli repeatedly results in a response initially triggered by the second stimulus becoming triggered by the first stimulus alone.

Pavlov

Renowned for his work in classical conditioning, signifying the learning process through which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus.