Explain How the Government Might Apply Economic Reasoning in Deciding

question 5

Essay

Explain how the government might apply economic reasoning in deciding on which of many techniques it should employ to reduce or eliminate terrorist attacks on airlines. What problems can arise when using such an approach?

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Definitions:

Behavior Therapy

A type of psychotherapy that focuses on changing undesirable behaviors through conditioning and learning techniques.

Transference

In psychoanalysis, the process by which patients displace onto their analysts feelings and ideas which derive from previous figures in their lives.

Psychodynamic Therapy

A therapeutic approach that emphasizes unconscious processes and past experiences in shaping current behavior and feelings.

Counterconditioning

A behavior therapy procedure that uses classical conditioning to evoke new responses to stimuli that are triggering unwanted behaviors.