The Classic Resource Study of Barnett and Morse Found That

question 123

Multiple Choice

The classic resource study of Barnett and Morse found that

• A) resource costs have been rising at such a rate that, within fifty years, the prices of most natural resources will be exorbitant.
• B) the current proved reserves of most minerals are becoming perilously low.
• C) resource prices declined between 1870 and 1920, but since 1920 the relative price of natural resources has been increasing at an annual rate of approximately 3.5 percent.
• D) technology and developing substitutes outran our use of scarce natural resources during the last century, so that relative resource prices have declined.

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Definitions:

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The process by which there is a decrease in response to a stimulus after being repeatedly exposed to it.

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A process where a stimulus reinforces a behavior through its association with a primary reinforcer (e.g., praise or social approval that becomes reinforcing through its association with more direct rewards).

Successive Approximations

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