Suppose a Fall from $110 to $90 in the Price

question 24

Multiple Choice

Suppose a fall from $110 to $90 in the price of playing golf on a public golf course results in an increase in the quantity of golf balls demanded (at the current price of golf balls) from 9,950 units to 10,050 units. The cross elasticity of demand of playing golf with respect to the price of golf balls is

• A)-0.05.
• B)-0.1.
• C)0.01.
• D)0.08.
• E)0.05.

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Definitions:

Conditioning

A process of behavior modification by which a subject comes to associate a desired behavior with a previously unrelated stimulus.

Negative Contrast Effects

A psychological phenomenon where an individual's perception of an option is negatively influenced by a comparison with a better option.

Reinforcement

A process in operant conditioning that increases the likelihood of a behavior being repeated, which can be either positive (by adding a stimulus) or negative (by removing a stimulus).

Negative Contrast Effect

The effect in which a shift from high to low reward magnitude produces a lower level of responding than if the reward magnitude had always been low.