Which of the Following Statements Does Not Help to Explain

question 26

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements does not help to explain why government drug interdiction increases drug-related crime?

• A)The demand for illegal drugs is inelastic.
• B)Interdiction results in drug addicts having a greater need for quick cash.
• C)Interdiction results in an increase in the amount of money needed to buy the same amount of drugs.
• D)Government drug programs are more lenient now with drug offenders than they were in the 1980s.

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Definitions:

Acquisition

In classical conditioning, the initial stage, when one links a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus begins triggering the conditioned response. In operant conditioning, the strengthening of a reinforced response.

Encoding

The process of getting information into the memory system—for example, by extracting meaning.

Recognition

A measure of memory in which the person identifies items previously learned, as on a multiple-choice test.

Recall

The ability to access information or memories that have been previously encoded and stored in the brain.