"I Don't Feel So Good

question 21

Multiple Choice

"I don't feel so good.I shouldn't have had that last doughnut." Which statement best describes this situation?

• A)The marginal utility of the last doughnut was positive.
• B)The marginal utility of doughnuts is still increasing.
• C)The total utility from eating doughnuts is negative.
• D)The marginal utility of the last doughnut was negative.
• E)The marginal utility of the next doughnut will be positive.

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Definitions:

Demand Characteristics

Features of an experimental study that inform participants of the purpose of the study or the behavior expected of them.

Research Cues

Essential elements or signals in a research setting that can influence participants' behavior or responses, often controlled or manipulated by researchers.

Participant Effects

The influence that the presence of participants in research may have on the results, due to their behaviors, attitudes, or responses being affected by knowing they are being studied.

Confederates

In experimental psychology, individuals who seem to be participants but are actually part of the research team, used to manipulate social interactions as part of the experiment.