On non-verbatim learning: III. The outcome space of some basic concepts in economics

.— The subjective meaning of some basic concepts in economics was studied in an experimental context. The set of subjective meanings or levels of outcome constitutes the outcome space of a certain concept. Consecutive levels of outcome corresponding to basic concepts of economics such as the production possibility frontier, the law of diminishing returns and the Malthus theory of population were shown to be ordered with respect to complexity (number of simultaneous dimensions of variation) involved.