Suppose a Policy Change Will Generate $180,000 of Benefits for Low-Income

question 36

Multiple Choice

Suppose a policy change will generate $180,000 of benefits for low-income families and $150,000 of costs for high-income and middle-class families. This change can best be described as

• A) inefficient.
• B) Pareto efficient.
• C) potentially efficient.
• D) equitable.

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Definitions:

Latent Learning

Latent learning is the process by which individuals acquire knowledge subconsciously, without obvious reinforcement or immediate demonstration of that knowledge.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs through associations between an environmental stimulus and a naturally occurring stimulus, leading to a learned response.

Pavlov

A Russian physiologist known for his work on classical conditioning, demonstrating how stimuli can elicit responses through associative learning.

Partial Reinforcement

A conditioning strategy where a response is only sometimes reinforced, leading to more robust learned behavior.