A Rational Decisionmaker

question 153

Multiple Choice

A rational decisionmaker

• A)ignores marginal changes and focuses instead on "the big picture."
• B)ignores the likely effects of government policies when he or she makes choices.
• C)takes an action only if the marginal benefit of that action exceeds the marginal cost of that action.
• D)takes an action only if the combined benefits of that action and previous actions exceed the combined costs of that action and previous actions.

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Definitions:

Psychological Functions

The cognitive and emotional activities and processes that underlie human behavior, including perception, thinking, memory, and emotion.

Psychological Attitudes

Mental and emotional positions held by individuals towards objects, people, or situations, influencing their behaviors and perceptions.

Archetypes

Universal, inherited models of people, behaviors, or personalities present in the collective unconscious, as identified by Carl Jung.

Extraverted Intuiting Type

A personality type in Jungian psychology characterized by a preference for focusing on possibilities, external data, and abstract understanding through intuition.