Cell Phone Data Plans Are Most Useful When Used with a Smartphone

question 187

Multiple Choice

Cell phone data plans are most useful when used with a smartphone, and smartphones are most useful when used with a data plan. As the price of data plans falls, the demand for smartphones will:

• A) decrease, because smartphones and data plans are substitutes.
• B) increase, because smartphones and data plans are complements.
• C) decrease, because smartphones and data plans are complements.
• D) increase, because smartphones and data plans are substitutes.

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Environmental Influences

Factors outside the individual, such as social, cultural, and physical environments, that affect behaviors, attitudes, and development.

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The ability to think about objects, principles, and ideas that are not physically present, a key component of higher-level cognition.

Conservation

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