Which of the Following Is False

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is false?

• A) Government can remove individuals from a prisoner's dilemma setting and make both participants better off.
• B) Government can define and enforce the property rights that individuals actually want defined and enforced.
• C) Individuals in a prisoner's dilemma setting may want to get out of the prisoner's dilemma setting.
• D) a and b
• E) none of the above

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Definitions:

Positive Reinforcement

A process in behavior analysis that involves the introduction of a favorable stimulus following a desired behavior.

Shaping

A method in behavioral psychology where successive approximations of a target behavior are reinforced until the desired behavior is achieved.

Successive Approximations

A technique used in behaviorist psychology, involving the reinforcement of behaviors that are increasingly similar to the desired behavior.

Operant Conditioning

A method of behavior modification where the intensity of an action is influenced by positive or negative reinforcement.