In an Endeavor to Curb Population Growth in a Certain

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Multiple Choice

In an endeavor to curb population growth in a certain country, the government has decided to launch an extensive propaganda campaign.Without curbs, the government expects the rate of population growth to have been thousand people per year years from now, over the next years.However, successful implementation of the proposed campaign is expected to result in a population growth rate of thousand people per year years from now, over the next years.Assuming that the campaign is mounted, how many fewer people will there be in that country years from now then there would have been if no curbs had been imposed? Please round your answer to the nearest integer number of thousands.

• A) 66 thousand people
• B) 45 thousand people
• C) 61 thousand people
• D) 50 thousand people
• E) 56 thousand people

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Definitions:

Backward Conditioning

A conditioning process where a conditioned stimulus (CS) is presented after the unconditioned stimulus (US), often resulting in a weaker learned association.

Associative Linkage

Associative linkage refers to the process by which ideas and experiences become connected in the mind, forming a network of related concepts that can influence memory and perception.

Generalization

The process by which an organism responds similarly to different stimuli that are similar to the conditioned stimulus in classical conditioning.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a conditioned response after a period of its extinction or reduction, without further conditioning.