What Is the Opportunity Cost of an Item

question 71

Multiple Choice

What is the opportunity cost of an item?

• A) the number of hours needed to earn money to buy it
• B) what you give up to get that item
• C) always less than the dollar value of the item
• D) always equal to the dollar value of the item

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Definitions:

Generalization of Inhibition

Generalization of inhibition occurs when an organism learns to suppress a response not only to the conditioned stimulus but also to stimuli that are similar to the conditioned stimulus, demonstrating a broadening of inhibitory control.

Generalization Gradient

A graph that shows the strength of responding in the presence of stimuli that vary in similarity to the conditioned stimulus; typically, responses diminish as stimuli become less similar.

Hull-Spence Model

A theory of learning that integrates drive reduction and incentive motivation, proposing that a combination of stimuli and past reinforcements can predict behavior.

Generalization Gradients

In learning theory, the range and degree to which a learned response is produced to stimuli that vary from the original conditioned stimulus.