When I Banged on the Heating Pipe, It Stopped Making

question 177

Multiple Choice

When I banged on the heating pipe, it stopped making a noise. The next time I heard that noise, I immediately banged on the pipe. This seems to be an example of

• A) positive reinforcement.
• B) negative reinforcement.
• C) positive punishment.
• D) negative punishment.

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Definitions:

Not Excludable

A characteristic of certain goods where it is not feasible to prevent individuals from consuming the good, such as public parks.

Not Rival

Refers to a good's characteristic where one person's consumption does not reduce the availability of the good for consumption by others.

Common Resources

Natural or man-made resources that are not owned by anyone, are available for use by more than one person, and can be depleted.

Public Good

A product that one individual can consume without reducing its availability to another individual and from which no one is excluded.