Optional material for Choice

1. Watch this clip.  (The instructor predicts that you will laugh.) Is the monkey that rejects cucumber rational?
2. Watch this clip. It shows a consumer considering whether to pay a higher price to buy American. The marginal benefit is obtaining a US-made product instead of one made in India. The marginal cost is $212. It is a good example of making a decision by comparing the benefit and cost.
3. Watch the 60-second lesson beginning @ 5:30 to learn about Rational Choice Theory
4. Watch this humorous clip from Jerry McGuire. What motivates the football player?
5. Watch this clip from the Stand Up Economist @ 2:35. It mocks the principle that people are rational.