To Allow Heuristic Models to Provide Us with a Better

question 36

Multiple Choice

To allow heuristic models to provide us with a better understanding of economic problems, it is important to:

• A) increase the amount of vocabulary in your model.
• B) always stick with the deductive method.
• C) empirically test your data.
• D) never bring mathematics into the model.

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Definitions:

Surprise

An emotional response to an unexpected event, which can range from mild to intense depending on the nature of the surprise.

Effective Conditioning

A process through which organisms learn to connect a specific stimulus to a particular response with efficiency.

US

The abbreviation for the United States, a country located primarily in North America.

Blocking Effect

A result showing that an animal learns nothing about a stimulus if the stimulus provides no new information.