In future discounting, subjects place a lower value on events in the distant future than on (i) _________ ones, explaining the common tendency to (ii) _________ present pleasures even at the expense of a likely (iii) __________ of future detriments.
Let us look at this sentence:
subjects place a lower value on events in the
distant future
than on (i) _________ ones
The word
than implies a relative comparison, and in this context, the required word is the opposite of
distant, and hence we can complete the sentence as:
In future discounting, subjects place a lower value on events in the distant future than on (i)
nearer ones.
Hence the word is
proximate.
The rest of the sentence continues to explain the same idea and hence we can complete it as follows:
explaining the common tendency to (ii)
enjoy present pleasures even at the expense of a likely (iii)
increase in future detriments.
Therefore, the words from the choice list are
protract and
proliferation.
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