Which of the Following Is True of the Formal Economy

question 27

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of the formal economy?

• A)It is not regulated by government institutions.
• B)It excludes self-employment.
• C)It is what people ordinarily have in mind when they refer to work.
• D)It has decreased in significance since the Industrial Revolution.

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Definitions:

Discriminative Stimuli

A specific stimulus in the presence of which a particular response is more likely to be reinforced, and in the absence of which a response is not reinforced.

Stimulus Generalization

The process by which a response is elicited by stimuli similar to the original stimulus associated with that response.

Higher-Order Conditioning

Higher-order conditioning is a process in classical conditioning by which a conditioned stimulus comes to signal another stimulus that is already associated with an unconditioned stimulus, leading to the same conditioned response.

Shaping

A training approach where steps that increasingly resemble the targeted behavior are rewarded.