A Method of Reducing Risky Behavior That Uses Emerging Adults

question 42

Multiple Choice

A method of reducing risky behavior that uses emerging adults' desire to follow social norms by making them aware, through the use of surveys, of the prevalence of various behaviors within their peer group is referred to as _____.

• A) the diathesis-stress model
• B) the social norms approach
• C) the truth model
• D) the overestimation-underestimate approach

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Definitions:

Monopoly

A market structure characterized by a single seller, selling a unique product in the market with no close substitutes, thereby controlling the entire market supply.

Dominant Strategy

A strategy that yields the best outcome for a player, regardless of the strategies chosen by other players in a game.

Economic Profit

The difference between a firm's total revenue and its opportunity costs, including both explicit and implicit costs.

Cartel

An agreement among competing firms to control prices or production in a market, often to maximize profits by minimizing competition.