Scarcity

question 43

Multiple Choice

Scarcity:

• A) is a problem only in industrialized economies.
• B) is a condition measured by the quantity of goods available.
• C) exists everywhere because human wants can never be satisfied.
• D) is a problem only in poor economies.

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

The return of a conditioned response that had been previously eliminated, following a timeframe where there was no contact with the conditioned stimulus.

CS-US Trials

In conditioning, trials where a conditioned stimulus (CS) is presented before an unconditioned stimulus (US) to create an association.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the process by which a conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears.

Second-order Conditioning

A conditioning process where a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus through association with an already conditioned stimulus.