Question

after the high school administration began assigning students to iss for being tardy, the number of students who were tardy each day decreased. economically, why did this happen? (a) students are concerned about their transcripts. (b) people will strive for economic sustainability. (c) people will respond to positive and negative incentives in predictable ways. (d) students know the supply cant be greater than the demand.

Explanation:

The scenario describes a negative incentive (assigning ISS for tardiness) leading to a predictable reduction in tardiness. This aligns with the core idea that people adjust their behavior in response to both positive and negative incentives in expected ways. The other options are irrelevant: transcript concerns are not stated, economic sustainability is unrelated, and supply/demand does not apply here.

Answer:

C. People will respond to positive and negative incentives in predictable ways.