If You Were to Use the Premack Principle, You Might

question 48

Multiple Choice

If you were to use the Premack principle, you might be heard to say,

• A) "Let's go out for recess before we settle down to work."
• B) "I am happy to see the first row by the window sitting quietly."
• C) "If you finish this quiz early, you may get a book out to read."
• D) "After you finish this worksheet, you may spend fifteen minutes on your selected play activity."

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Definitions:

Fifth Worker

An example used in economics to illustrate the principle of diminishing returns, where the addition of a fifth worker may lead to a lesser increment in output than the fourth.

Marginal Product

The additional output that can be produced by adding one more unit of a specific input, keeping all others constant.

Bushel of Wheat

A unit of measure for volumes of wheat, commonly used in agriculture, equivalent to approximately 60 pounds in the United States.

Profit-Maximizing Quantity

The level of production at which a firm can achieve the highest possible profit, determined by the intersection of marginal cost and marginal revenue.