Going Skiing Will Cost Adam $80 a Day

question 126

Multiple Choice

Going skiing will cost Adam $80 a day.He also loses $40 per day in wages because he has to take time off from work.Adam still decides to go skiing.

• A) His decision is rational if Adam's marginal benefit of spending a day skiing is greater than his marginal cost.
• B) The $80 price of skiing is not an opportunity cost and so did not affect Adam's decision.
• C) He loses a total of $120 per day, so his decision is irrational.
• D) Adam's lost $40 per day in wages is not an opportunity cost and so did not affect his decision.
• E) Adam is definitely making a decision that is in the social interest.

Understand the concept and significance of observational learning and its distinction from direct learning and performance.

Grasp the principles of operant conditioning, including the law of effect and reinforcement strategies.

Acquire an understanding of social learning theory's origins and its extension of behavioral approaches to personality.

Differentiate between classical conditioning and operant conditioning in the context of learning complex human behaviors.

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