What Is the Advantage of Using Operational Definitions

question 3

Multiple Choice

What is the advantage of using operational definitions?

• A)they force researchers in different laboratories to all use the exact same definition
• B)they facilitate replication
• C)it's easy to agree on a universal definition for a concept like aggression
• D)there are no advantages to using operational definitions; no two persons can ever agree on the best definition

Learn the critical difference between marginal revenue vs. marginal cost, and their importance in computing a firm's total profit.

Analyze the role of explicit and implicit costs in different professional contexts to comprehend their impact on total costs and profits.

Learn about cost behavior, including variable, fixed, and marginal costs, and their relationship to output production.

Understand how the production function influences cost curves and the significance of marginal product.

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Definitions:

Reinforcement

A stimulus that follows a response and increases the frequency of the response.

Evolutionary Forces

Factors that contribute to the changes in gene frequencies within populations through processes such as natural selection, mutation, and genetic drift.

Biological Prepared

Refers to the concept that certain behaviors or physiological responses are innately programmed in organisms to aid in their survival.

Counterconditioning

A fear-reduction technique in which pleasant stimuli are associated with fear-evoking stimuli so that the fear-evoking stimuli lose their aversive qualities.