Which of the Following Is the Best Example of Public

question 89

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the best example of public investment?

• A)salaries of members of Parliament
• B)government expenditures on paper clips
• C)construction of highways
• D)funding of regulatory agencies

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Definitions:

Variable Number

A quantity or element that may vary or change within the context of a situation or experiment.

Stimulus Discrimination

The learned ability to respond differently to similar stimuli based on their differences, significant in the context of conditioning.

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency for the conditioned response to be evoked by stimuli that are similar to the stimulus to which the response was initially conditioned.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A process in classical conditioning where a stimulus that was previously neutral becomes a conditioned stimulus by being paired with another conditioned stimulus.