Related to the Economics in Practice on page 10: Prior to joining a fraternity, James spent most of his evenings and weekends studying for his classes. Once he joined the fraternity, James spent a majority of his evenings and weekends going to parties. This change in behavior is best described by
A) the fallacy of logic.
B) the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy.
C) the problem of causality.
D) the ceteris paribus error.

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The change in James's behavior from studying to partying after joining a fraternity illustrates the problem of causality, which involves determining whether one event actually causes another or if the two events are merely correlated.

Related to the Economics in Practice on Page 10: Prior