To Get You to Increase the Frequency of Your Daily

question 30

Multiple Choice

To get you to increase the frequency of your daily exercise, operant behavior specialists are most likely to recommend that you

• A) specify your exercise goals and inform some close friends of your goals.
• B) congratulate yourself even when you fail to fulfill your specific exercise goals.
• C) never reward yourself with a light snack after achieving specific exercise goals.
• D) avoid trying to keep track of exactly how much you have exercised in a specific weekly period.

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Definitions:

Behavioral Economics

An area of economic research that incorporates psychological insights into human behavior to explain economic decision-making.

Rational Economics

An approach to economics that assumes individuals make decisions based on logical evaluation of available information, aiming for maximum utility.

Learned Behavior

Actions or reactions that an individual acquires through experience or by being taught.

John Maynard Keynes

A British economist whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory and practice of macroeconomics and the economic policies of governments.