Glancing Over the Shoulder of a Man on the Bus

question 39

Multiple Choice

Glancing over the shoulder of a man on the bus who is reading a newspaper,Dean sees the headline "Shooting of Hunters Terrible." What does Dean's ability to disambiguate the meaning of the utterance depend primarily upon?

• A)the presence of contextual cues.
• B)Dean's ability to visually represent the meaning.
• C)Dean's memory for similar accidents.
• D)the isolation of propositions.

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Definitions:

Compensating Variation

An economic concept representing the amount of additional income an individual would need to maintain the same level of utility after a price change.

Utility Function

A mathematical representation used in economics to model the satisfaction or benefit a consumer derives from consuming goods and services.

Prices

The amounts of money required to purchase goods and services, serving as signals in an economy to allocate resources.

Income

Payment for services or from investment returns, customarily coming in at steady intervals.