If a Country's Government Wants to Eliminate a Trade Deficit

question 52

Multiple Choice

If a country's government wants to eliminate a trade deficit, its most effective policy would be to

• A)reduce tariffs.
• B)encourage imports.
• C)impose quotas on imports.
• D)reduce its budget deficit.

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Definitions:

Chaining

A method of teaching complex behaviors by breaking down the task into small steps and teaching each step within the sequence individually until the whole sequence is mastered.

Positive Reinforcement

A technique used in behavioral psychology to increase the likelihood of a desired behavior by rewarding it.

Stimulus Discrimination

The learned ability to differentiate between similar stimuli and respond appropriately to each.

Stimulus Generalization

The process by which a response that has been learned to one stimulus is elicited by a different, but similar, stimulus.