A Forestry Company Is Trying to Decide Whether to Harvest

question 85

Essay

A forestry company is trying to decide whether to harvest a plantation of pine trees or leave harvest for another year.How might it use marginal analysis to make a decision on timing?

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Definitions:

DRL

Differential Reinforcement of Low Rates, a behavior modification technique used to encourage low rates of behaviors by providing reinforcement only if the behavior occurs at or below a prescribed rate.

DRO

Differential Reinforcement of Other behavior; a strategy where reinforcement is provided for any behavior that is not the undesired target behavior.

DRL

Differential Reinforcement of Lower rates of behavior, a technique used to decrease frequent behaviors without completely eliminating them.

Reinforcement

The process of increasing the likelihood of a behavior by following it with a positive stimulus or removing a negative one.