Economists Who Are Asked to Choose Between Two Different Government

question 98

Essay

Economists who are asked to choose between two different government policies may disagree because:
A.they make the same value judgments about the desirability of the policies.
B.they base their conclusions on models that make different assumptions.
C.as a matter of course, economists often take opposing points of view so that all sides of a question may be discussed.
D.economists are trained ignore facts and focus on th

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Definitions:

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with an unconditioned stimulus after conditioning.

Conditioned Stimulus

An initially neutral trigger that, following its association with an unconditioned stimulus, ultimately elicits a conditioned reaction.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In behavioral psychology, an automatically triggering stimulus that leads to a natural response without the need for prior learning.

Spontaneous Recovery

A phenomenon in learning where a previously extinguished response re-emerges after a pause in exposure to the conditioning stimulus.