Figure: Efficiency and Pollution

question 78

Multiple Choice

Figure: Efficiency and Pollution
(Figure: Efficiency and Pollution) Look at the figure Efficiency and Pollution.In the absence of government intervention, the marginal social cost of pollution will equal ________ while the marginal social benefit of pollution will equal _.

• A)$25; $5
• B)$5; $25
• C)$15; $15
• D)$25; $0

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Definitions:

Air Puff

A research technique or clinical tool where a sudden burst of air is applied to a part of the body or sensory organ to test reactions or reflexes.

Extinction

The weakening of a learned response that is produced if a conditioned stimulus is now repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioning

A learning process in which an individual's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment, often used to explain behaviorist psychological theories.

Reconditioning

A process of unlearning negative behaviors and reactions and replacing them with positive ones through various therapeutic techniques.