200525 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Subjective Expected Utility, Behavioral Economics, Profit Maximization
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Suppose that, instead of taking this test, you could either have worked and earned income or partied and had a pleasurable time. Your opportunity cost of taking the test is the
a. | forgone working or partying, depending on which was your next best choice. | |
b. | forgone work. | |
c. | forgone working and partying. | |
d. | test because you are taking it. |
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QUESTION 2
A trend is
a. | a measure of closeness on a scatter diagram. | |
b. | a general tendency for a variable to rise or fall. | |
c. | the maximum value of a variable. | |
d. | the difference between the maximum value of a variable and the minimum value of the variable. |
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QUESTION 3
A time-series graph measures
a. | time on the y-axis and the variable or variables in which we are interested on the x-axis. | |
b. | time on the x-axis and the variable or variables in which we are interested on the y-axis. | |
c. | the value of one variable against the value of another variable. | |
d. | the value of an economic variable for different groups in a population at a point in time. |
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QUESTION 4
Canada has nationalized health care, so that everyone, regardless of their ability to pay, has some access to health care. Based on this observation, Canada has decided that "everyone, regardless of their ability to pay" is the answer to what microeconomic question?
a. | Why will we offer health care? | |
b. | How will health care be produced? | |
c. | For whom will health care be produced? | |
d. | What type of health care will be produced and in what quantity? |
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QUESTION 5
As a shoe factory adds more workers, shoe production grows, reaches a maximum, and then shrinks. In a diagram that has the number of workers on the horizontal axis and the number of shoes on the vertical axis, the relationship between the number of workers and the number of shoes starts as ________ and then, after the maximum point, is ________.
a. | positive; negative | |
b. | negative; positive | |
c. | linear; negative | |
d. | positive; linear |
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QUESTION 6
Microeconomics includes the study of the
a. | choices made by individuals and businesses. | |
b. | recessions and inflation in the global economy. | |
c. | aggregate effects on the national economy. | |
d. | reasons why the government changes interest rates. |
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QUESTION 7
When Fresh Express Salads decides to mechanically pick all of its lettuce, it directly answers the ________ question.
a. | when | |
b. | for whom | |
c. | how | |
d. | what |
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QUESTION 8
Proponents of cuts in income tax rates argue that when income tax rates are cut, workers have an incentive to increase their work hours. This argument is based on the assumption that
a. | the opportunity cost of working is negative. | |
b. | the marginal cost of each additional work hour is not important to most workers. | |
c. | workers are irrational. | |
d. | workers make decisions based on the marginal benefit of each hour worked compared to the marginal cost of work. |
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QUESTION 9
A choice made by comparing all relevant alternatives systematically and incrementally is
a. | an opportunity cost. | |
b. | a benefit. | |
c. | a sunk cost. | |
d. | a choice on the margin. |
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QUESTION 10
A normative statement
i. can be tested as to whether it is true or false.
ii. is considered negative.
iii. depends on a person's values.
a. | i, ii, and iii | |
b. | iii only | |
c. | i and iii | |
d. | ii and iii |
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QUESTION 11
Normative statements
i. describe how the world is.
ii. describe how the world ought to be.
iii. depend on people's values and cannot be tested.
a. | iii only. | |
b. | i only. | |
c. | ii and iii. | |
d. | ii only. |
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QUESTION 12
In order to determine whether to major in economics, a rational individual compares the ________ of the decision.
a. | positive benefits and normative costs | |
b. | normative benefits and positive costs | |
c. | marginal benefit and marginal cost | |
d. | opportunity cost and the sunk cost |
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QUESTION 13
If x increases whenever y decreases, then x and y are
a. | positively related. | |
b. | negatively related. | |
c. | not related. | |
d. | related but whether positively or negatively related depends on whether the x variable or the y variable is plotted on the vertical axis. |
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QUESTION 14
Rational choice
a. | is what you must give up get what you want. | |
b. | is made by comparing different incentives. | |
c. | making the choice. | |
d. | provides the answer to only the "how" question. |
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QUESTION 15
Scarcity results from the fact that
a. | choices made in self-interest rare not always in the social interest. | |
b. | not all goals are desirable. | |
c. | people's wants exceed the resources available to satisfy them | |
d. | we cannot answer the major economic questions. |
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QUESTION 16
When Delta decides to quit flying to Lithuania, it directly answers the ________ question.
a. | what | |
b. | why | |
c. | for whom | |
d. | how |
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QUESTION 17
A normative statement
a. | says what is currently believed about the way the world operates. | |
b. | depends on someone's values. | |
c. | cannot use the word "should." | |
d. | must be tested to determine if it is correct. |
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QUESTION 18
Which of the following statements best describes the study of economics? Economics studies how
a. | to organize production so that scarcity does not occur. | |
b. | to create incentives so that scarcity does not exist. | |
c. | firms make profits. | |
d. | we make choices in the face of scarcity. |
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QUESTION 19
Which of the following best defines economics?
a. | Economics teaches how to limit our wants. | |
b. | Economics is concerned with prices and quantities of goods and services, both at the individual level and at the industry level. | |
c. | Economics helps you earn as much money as possible. | |
d. | Economics studies how to choose the best alternative when coping with scarcity. |
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QUESTION 20
In economics, cost is ________, and benefit is ________.
a. | the amount of money that you pay for something; the amount of money that someone else is willing to pay you | |
b. | what you are willing to pay on the margin; what the government pays you when you are unemployed or retired | |
c. | what you must give up to get something; what you are willing to give up to get it | |
d. | the amount of money that you pay on the margin; the amount of money that you receive on the margin |
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QUESTION 21
If Jessie studies economics for two hours instead of going to the movies with her friends, then
a. | the opportunity cost of studying is the missed movie. | |
b. | Jessie is ignoring a sunk cost | |
c. | Jessie is not responding to any incentives. | |
d. | Jesse definitely is making a rational choice. |
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QUESTION 22
Going skiing will cost Adam $80 a day. He also loses $40 per day in wages because he has to take time off from work. Adam still decides to go skiing.
a. | The $80 price of skiing is a sunk cost and so did not affect Adam's decision. | |
b. | He loses a total of $120 per day, so his decision is irrational. | |
c. | His decision is rational if Adam's marginal benefit of spending a day skiing is greater than his marginal cost. | |
d. | Adam's lost $40 per day in wages is a sunk cost and so did not affect his decision. |
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QUESTION 23
If a curve falls and then rises, it
a. | has a maximum. | |
b. | has a linear relationship. | |
c. | has a minimum. | |
d. | has a constant slope relationship. |
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QUESTION 24
In 2003, Michael Jordan decided to retire from professional basketball. Which of the following was an opportunity cost of his decision?
a. | the avoidance of pain and injury from playing one more year | |
b. | the time he could spend with his family while retired | |
c. | the lost salary from playing one more year | |
d. | the value of new employment opportunities that would await him |
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QUESTION 25
Which of the following statements is a normative statement?
a. | Military spending as a percent of government spending decreased by 5 percent in the 1990s. | |
b. | Every American household should have health care insurance coverage. | |
c. | Welfare reform has decreased the amount the government spends on welfare. | |
d. | The price of computers fell last year. |
There are sometimes conflicts within the same code, between the code and the __________ and between the code and a counselor's value system.
Judgment |
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Ethics |
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Law |
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Value |
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Question 2
Section A of the ACA Code of Ethics highlights important issues within the __________________________________.
Privacy Act |
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Confidentiality Act |
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Professional's Responsibility |
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Counseling relationship |
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Question 3
______________________ in a code sometimes lag behind the values of society and of professional associations.
Laws |
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Attitudes |
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Values |
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Beliefs |
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Question 4
Which section was added to the latest edition of the ACA Code of Ethics (2014)?
Resolving Ethical Issues |
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Advocacy and Social Justice |
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Distance Counseling, Technology, and Social Media |
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Research and Publication |
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Question 5
Which of the following is not one of the ethical "hot spots" identified in this chapter?
Gatekeeping |
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Social and Cultural Issues |
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Informed Consent |
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Technology |
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Question 6
Which of the following is not a type of ethical decision-making model discussed in the text?
Problem-solving model |
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Advocacy model |
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Social constructivist model |
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Developmental model |
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Question 7
_______________ has to do with protecting the independences, self-determination and freedom of choice for client.
Nonmaleficence |
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Beneficence |
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Justice |
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Autonomy |
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Question 8
People who have this view of the world, see things in black and white, are very concrete, rigid, and authoritarian.
Dualistic |
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Modern |
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Post-modern |
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Flexible |
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Question 9
Which section of the ACA Ethical Code (2014) offers guidelines on how to report an ethical violation?
Section B |
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Section I |
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Section E |
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Section A |
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Question 10
.__________ is the responsibility under the law for a violation of federal or state criminal statute.
Beneficence |
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Nonmaleficence |
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Civil liability |
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Criminal liability |
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Question 11
To prove that they are following the best practices of their professions, counselors should:
Know relevant laws |
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Maintain good records |
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Stay professional with clients |
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All of the above. |
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Question 12
______________ is the most rigorous form of credentialing.
Accreditation |
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Licensure |
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Certification |
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Registration |
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Question 13
Theories help counselors and other helping professionals in the following way(s):
conceptualizing clients' problems |
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necessary to become a licensed psychotherapist |
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offer specific techniques to apply |
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both a and c |
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Question 14
What is a paradigm shift?
A change like a universe. |
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A change in the way information is perceived. |
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A change in theory. |
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A change in human nature. |
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Question 15
Do psychodynamic theories consider which of the following to be important in understanding a person's functioning?
Child-rearing practices |
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The unconscious and conscious |
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Examining the past |
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All of the above |
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Question 16
Sigmund Freud was trained as a:
Physician |
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Counselor |
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Caseworker |
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Social worker |
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Question 17
Freud believed that there are ____________ structures that make up personality.
1 |
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2 |
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3 |
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4 |
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Question 18
Freud, and later his daughter Anna Freud, identified a number of _______________ that help people to cope with anxiety.
Defense skills |
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Coping mechanisms |
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Coping skills |
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Defense mechanisms |
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Question 19
___________ believed that each of us has a unique psychological type which includes the attitudes of extraversion and introversion.
Freud |
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Rogers |
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Jung |
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Cattell |
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Question 20
_______________________ believed that every child was born with innate and unique capabilities and is inherently moving toard the future, not determined by the past.
Adler |
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Freud |
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Rogers |
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Jung |
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Question 21
Existential-humanistic approaches embrace a phenomenological perspective, stressing all but which of the following?
The subjective reality of the client |
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the role of the unconscious |
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How the counselor uses his or her personal qualities in counseling |
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the importance of consciousness and/or awareness |
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Question 22
Although Ludwig Binswanger is generally acknowledged as being the first existential therapist, who is seen as the person who popularized this approach through "logotherapy"?
Irvin Yalom |
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Carl Rogers |
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Alfred Adler |
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Viktor Frankl |
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Question 23
____________________ developed client-centered therapy.
Carl Jung |
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Viktor Frankl |
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Carl Rogers |
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Ludwig Binswanger |
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Question 24
Today, most Gestalt therapists believe that from birth, the individual is in a constant state of ______________ through a process of need identification and need-fulfillment.
Self-regulation |
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Self-actualization |
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Existential crisis |
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Emotional distress |
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Question 25
This therapy was developed by Albert Ellis during the 1950s.
Psychodynamic therapy |
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Behavioral therapy |
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Cognitive therapy |
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Rational emotive therapy |