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Behavioral Economics - Unit 1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
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1.

Life Values are . . .

a)

The tangible aspects of life, the external world, our physical health and well-being

b)

The principles in life that are important to you

c)

Our personal identity (how we see ourselves) and our social identity (how we believe others see us)

d)

Principles that are important to you because of the community in which you live

2.

Financial Values are . . .

a)

Principles in life that are important to you

b)

Principles that are important to you because of the community in which you live

c)

The tangible aspects of life, the external world, our physical health and well-being

d)

Unrelated to how much money we have, these values reflect what we think or believe about money

3.

Inner Values are . . .

a)

Principles that are important to you because of the community in which you live

b)

Unrelated to how much money we actually have, these values reflect what we think or believe about money

c)

Our personal identity (how we see ourselves) and our social identity (how we believe others see us)

d)

The tangible aspects of life, the external world, our physical health and well-being

4.

Physical Values are . . . 

a)

Our personal identity (how we see ourselves) and our social identity (how we believe others see us)

b)

The tangible aspects of life, the external world, our physical health and well-being

c)

Principles that are important to you because of the community in which you live

d)

Unrelated to how much money we actually have, these values reflect what we think or believe about money

5.

Social Values are . . .

a)

Our personal identity (how we see ourselves) and our social identity (how we believe others see us)

b)

Principles that are important to you because of the community in which you live

c)

A social media user who has earned credibility with specific groups and who can use their large platform to market a product and get paid

d)

Seeing pictures of social events that you were unable to attend

6.

The Bean/Rock Game caused us to differentiate between

a)

needs and wants

b)

social and emotional needs

c)

research topics and experiences

d)

rocks and beans

7.

Jed said, "I made a budget for myself in my personal finance class and used my values to decide how I want to use my money." What does Jed mean by this?

a)

Jed asked his friends and family for advice to decide how to use his money

b)

Jed identified what is important to him and used that knowledge to decide how to use his money

c)

Jed followed recommendations he saw on social media to decide how to use his money

d)

Jed used the value of his bank account balance to decide how to use his money

8.

What are social values, as they pertain to money?

a)

How your family, friends, and community members impact your feelings about money

b)

How you, personally, care and think about finances

c)

How companies and advertisement make you feel about money

d)

How banks and other financial institutions treat you and your money

9.

Financial values are . . .

a)

Principles in life that are important to you

b)

Principles that are important to you -- the community in which you live

c)

The tangible aspects, the external world, physical health and well-being

d)

These values reflect what we think or believe about money

10.

What is one thing you would NOT do if you are trying to decrease social media influences in your life?

a)

Spend more time playing chess with friends

b)

Go to the gym

c)

Increase your time on SnapChat and TikTok

d)

Read a book

11.

Mona wants to use an investment app that all of her friends are raving about. She CAN overcome FOMO, by NOT doing what?

a)

Take time to reflect and identify why she is so eager to use the app

b)

Watch a video about app, download app, and start using it that day

c)

Seek out reviews that talk about the disadvantages of using the app

d)

Ask people outside her friend group for their opinions and perspectives

12.

What percentage of people make purchases due to FOMO?

a)

45%

b)

78%

c)

60%

d)

25%

13.

Even though you’re full, you keep eating because the meal was expensive. Example is:

a)

Fear of Missing Out

b)

Counting carbs

c)

The Sunk Cost Fallacy

d)

The Endowment Effect

14.

Behavioral economics…

a)

Tracks and examines stock market trends over a certain period of time

b)

Analyzes how different economies behave over time

c)

Economics and Psychology -- why people behave the way they do

d)

Economics that studies people who make rational and objective decisions

15.

Cognitive Bias is...

a)

The belief that our abilities are better than they actually are

b)

The desire to seek out information that confirms our existing beliefs

c)

The concept of placing more value on an item when we own it

d)

An error in the way we think that can influence our decisions

16.

Bandwagon Effect refers to

a)

Doing something others are doing

b)

A traveling band

c)

Buying a product that can be sold for a lower price

d)

How much you could obtain for an item at a later time

17.

Loss aversion refers to

a)

describes why the pain of losing is psychologically twice as powerful as the pleasure of gaining

b)

describes our tendency to be more willing to pay when there is no physical money involved

c)

sentimentality for days gone by lead us to place increased value on social connectedness and less value on saving money

d)

describes how we tend to avoid options that we consider to be missing information

18.

Which of the following is TRUE about cognitive biases?

a)

There are only a handful of cognitive biases that exist

b)

Awareness is the first step to overcoming the influence of a cognitive bias

c)

It is easy to recognize when cognitive biases influence our own decisions

d)

There is rarely anything you can do to combat a cognitive bias’ influence

19.

FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) is . . .

a)

Feeling anxiety/fear that an exciting/ interesting event may happen w/o you

b)

Fear of Mediating Outside in undesirable weather

c)

Conforming to the behaviors and beliefs of the people around you

d)

Seeing old pictures of social events that you were unable to attend

20.

Decoy pricing asks the question . . .

a)

Why do we feel more strongly about one option after a third one is added?

b)

Why do we value items more if they belong to us?

c)

Why does paying without physical cash increase spending?

d)

Why do we support opinions as they become more popular?

21.

When you select an option that has four items priced together, instead of just the three you need individually, that could be considered:

a)

Paying it Forward

b)

ConfirmationBias

c)

Bundling Bias

d)

Nostalgia Effect

22.

Suggestions of ways to spend money better include

a)

Buy experiences instead of things

b)

Help others instead of yourself

c)

Buy many small pleasures instead of few big ones

d)

Hoard your money; don't help others.

23.

Reasons given for why we like to buy more stuff include all of the following EXCEPT:

a)

It makes us wanting more

b)

It feels good

c)

We cannot help it

d)

We think we NEED it

24.

The bandwagon effect can be described as:

a)

desire for harmony

b)

believing that since others believe it, then it's probably true

c)

reading books and seeing movies that no one else wants to read or watch

d)

desire to conform to the majority and go with the flow

25.

Overconfidence bias may lead the majority of Americans to think that they are…

a)

Average drivers

b)

Extremely poor drivers

c)

Above average drivers

d)

Below average drivers