If the Current Account Balance Is -$100 Billion and the Capital

question 295

Multiple Choice

If the current account balance is -$100 billion and the capital and financial account balance is $80 billion, then the official settlement account balance is

• A) -$20 billion.
• B) $20 billion.
• C) always 0.
• D) impossible to determine with the information given.

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Definitions:

Elicited

Refers to a response that is drawn out or evoked by a specific stimulus or condition.

Intermittent Reinforcement

A conditioning schedule in which a reward or punishment (reinforcement) is not given every time the desired response is performed, making the response more resistant to extinction.

Continuous Reinforcement

A schedule of reinforcement in which a desirable behavior is rewarded every time it occurs, leading to rapid learning.

Extinction Contrast Effect

The increased difference in the intensity or frequency of a response observed when a previously reinforced behavior is no longer reinforced, in the presence of a contrasting condition that continues to be reinforced.