A Child Who Is Punished for Swearing at Home but Not

question 146

Multiple Choice

A child who is punished for swearing at home but not for swearing on the school playground is most likely to demonstrate a patterned habit of swearing that is indicative of

• A)negative reinforcement.
• B)shaping.
• C)discrimination.
• D)extinction.

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Definitions:

World Commodity Prices

The prices at which basic products, which are traded globally, are sold and bought in the international markets.

Short Run

(1) In microeconomics, a period of time in which producers are able to change the quantities of some but not all of the resources they employ; a period in which some resources (usually plant) are fixed and some are variable. (2) In macroeconomics, a period in which nominal wages and other input prices do not change in response to a change in the price level.

Long Run

In microeconomics, a period of time long enough to enable producers of a product to change the quantities of all the resources they employ, so that all resources and costs are variable and no resources or costs are fixed. In macroeconomics, a period sufficiently long for nominal wages and other input prices to change in response to a change in a nation’s price level.

U.S. Electricity

The system of electrical generation, transmission, and distribution operated within the United States.