Economics Does Not Study Correct or Incorrect Behaviors but Rather

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Multiple Choice

Economics does not study correct or incorrect behaviors but rather it assumes that economic agents behave ________, meaning they make the best decisions given their knowledge of the costs and benefits.

• A)equitably
• B)rationally
• C)emotionally
• D)selfishly

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Definitions:

Monophyletic Group

A set of organisms that includes an ancestral species and all its descendants, representing a single branch on the tree of life.

Paraphyletic

Paraphyletic describes a group of organisms that share a common ancestor, although the group does not include all the descendants of that common ancestor.

Phylogenetic Systematics

A method of classifying living organisms based on their evolutionary relationships, using traits inherited from common ancestors.

Derived

A term used to describe traits, characteristics, or features that have evolved in a particular species or lineage from an ancestral state, indicating evolutionary change.