(Table: Spring Water) the Table Spring Water Shows the Demand

question 4

Multiple Choice

(Table: Spring Water) The table Spring Water shows the demand and cost data for a firm in a monopolistically competitive industry producing drinking water from underground springs.If the industry were perfect competition, the profit-maximizing output would be cases.

• A)6
• B)0
• C)between 6 and 7 cases
• D)between 7 and 8 cases

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Definitions:

Nonreinforced Responses

Reactions or actions that are not followed by reinforcement, thus not likely to be strengthened or learned.

Variable Interval Schedule

A reinforcement schedule in which a response is rewarded after an unpredictable amount of time has passed.

Avoidance Learning

A form of learning in which an individual learns a behavior to avoid an unpleasant or fearful stimulus.

Escape Learning

A form of learning in which the subject acquires a response that results in the termination of an aversive stimulus.