The Phenomenon When Positive and Negative Space Change Places, as Seen

question 1

Multiple Choice

The phenomenon when positive and negative space change places, as seen in M.C. Escher's Sky and Water I woodcut print, is called:

• A) composition
• B) object exchange
• C) implied exchange
• D) figure-ground reversal

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Definitions:

Positive Externalities

Benefits that affect parties who did not choose to incur that benefit.

Pareto Optimal

A state of distributing resources that precludes the possibility of augmenting the status of any participant or preference without detriment to another.

Positive Externalities

Benefits that are enjoyed by a third-party or society as a whole as a result of an economic transaction or activity, without them directly paying for it.

Utility Function

A mathematical representation that describes how consumers rank preferences among different commodity bundles.