While Shopping in a Local Supermarket, Jolene Partin Came Upon

question 18

Multiple Choice

While shopping in a local supermarket, Jolene Partin came upon an aisle display of cookies and had to have some-immediately. By the time she got to the checkout counter with the rest of her selections, all the cookies were gone. In this case, the cookies were:

• A) an impulse product.
• B) a staple product.
• C) an unsought product.
• D) very nutritious.
• E) a consumption product.

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Definitions:

Capitalist Economy

An economic system where private individuals rather than the state own and control businesses and the means of production.

Market System

The operational mechanics of this economic setting revolve around decisions on investment, production rates, and distribution channels being directed by supply and demand, with a pricing strategy that allows for free determination of goods and services prices.

Entrepreneurship

The act of creating, organizing, and running a new business venture, often taking on financial risks in the hope of profit and innovation.

Specialization

The process by which individuals, firms, or countries concentrate on producing a narrow range of goods or services, often to increase efficiency and output.