Question

Jim knew instinctively that his professor wouldn't appreciate it if he brought his single scoop of vanilla ice cream into the lecture hall with him. He could almost hear the inevitable question, "Did you bring enough for everyone?" To avert such an embarrassment, he practically inhaled his frozen confection as he raced down the hall. He had eaten ice cream in this fashion before and knew he would soon have an ice cream headache, which could be described as:

Answer 1

Answer:

D). High in probability and low in consequence.

Explanation:

This situation could be best described as high in probability and low in consequence as Jim employs the instinctive approach to this manage this risk. Instincts imply the inclination towards a specific complex behavior of people which is contrary to the reflexes that are entirely based on the stimulus responses of people. Jim's behavior illustrates the high-probability and low-consequence which implies that his action(inhaled his frozen confection) does not contain any destructive consequence as it occurs in the case of low-probability and high-consequence case. Thus, option D is the correct answer.