What a Later Reward Is Worth

3 questions. Choose the meaning or usage that best fits each situation. Try answering before reopening the passage.

1What makes Nina's choice delayed gratification?A. She proves that every future benefit will certainly arrive.B. She postpones an immediate pleasure to pursue a more valued later benefit.C. She chooses whichever activity offers the quickest pleasure.D. She rejects every form of enjoyment permanently.

2A model using the same proportional reduction for each equal added delay is _____.A. a constant absolute subtraction modelB. a model with no effect of delayC. a model that increases value with every delayD. exponential discounting

3Which modeled pattern fits hyperbolic discounting?A. Value drops sharply with short delays, then more gradually as delays grow longer.B. Each equal delay leaves value completely unchanged.C. Longer delays always increase the value assigned to the outcome.D. Every equal interval applies exactly the same proportional reduction.

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