When Explaining to His Wife How Positive Reinforcement and Positive

question 42

Multiple Choice

When explaining to his wife how positive reinforcement and positive punishment are similar, Jackson correctly says that both

• A) increase the probability of a behavior.
• B) decrease the probability of a behavior.
• C) remove a stimulus.
• D) add a stimulus.

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Definitions:

Cross-Price Elasticity

A measure used in economics to show how the quantity demanded of one good changes in response to a change in the price of another good.

Inferior Goods

Goods for which demand decreases as the income of the consumer increases, opposite to normal goods.

Normal Goods

Goods for which demand increases as consumers' income increases, holding all other factors constant.

Cross-Price Elasticity

A measure of how the quantity demanded of one good changes in response to a price change of another good.