Government Can Use Its Ability to Coerce Toward Improving Economic

question 109

Multiple Choice

Government can use its ability to coerce toward improving economic efficiency by

• A) reducing the production of output with external benefits.
• B) reducing the production of output with public-goods characteristics.
• C) increasing the production of output with external benefits.
• D) increasing the production of output with external costs.

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Definitions:

Counterconditioning

A therapy technique used to replace an unwanted behavior or response with a desired one by associating the behavior with a new, more positive stimulus.

Cognitive Therapy

A form of psychotherapy that emphasizes the importance of changing maladaptive thinking patterns in order to change feelings and behaviors.

Beck

Aaron Beck, a psychiatrist known for developing Cognitive Therapy (CT), which later evolved into Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), focusing on identifying and changing negative thought patterns.

Cognitive Triad

A concept in cognitive therapy that refers to an individual's negative view of themselves, their future, and the world, contributing to depression.