In an Experiment on Risk Aversion, a Group of People

question 8

Multiple Choice

In an experiment on risk aversion, a group of people were given the following choice: A) Lose $100 with certainty, or B) 50% chance to win $50, 50% chance to lose $200.An overwhelming majority chose option B.This can be best explained by which of the following?

• A)People have a greater aversion to loss than to risk.
• B)Option B has a smaller expected loss than option A.
• C)This behavior is consistent with risk aversion with losses.
• D)Option B has an expected gain as opposed to certain loss with option A.
• E)This behavior violates the Weak Axiom of Revealed Preference.

Explain the phenomena related to vision, such as adaptation to darkness and why stars may disappear when looked at directly.

Describe the role of the retina in vision and identify the types of cells involved in the visual process.

Understand the concepts of additive and subtractive color mixing.

Acknowledge the genetic aspects and prevalence of color blindness among different genders.

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