"In the 1980s the Pain Which Results from a Large

question 88

Multiple Choice

"In the 1980s the pain which results from a large government deficit was deferred,placed on future taxpayers since foreigners loaned money to the government to pay the debt." Gordon suggests that this "pain" maybe deferred forever if

• A)the government uses the "deficit funds" to provide taxpayers increased future benefits from which to pay the interest to foreigners.
• B)monetary policy is tighter in the future.
• C)fiscal policy is tighter in the future.
• D)B and C are correct.

Identify and analyze behavioral adaptations to environmental challenges.

Understand the concept of gene-environment interaction in the development of behaviors.

Recognize that adaptations are not solely genetically determined but result from the interaction of genetic information and the environment.

Grasp the role of environmental factors in the development of social and solitary phenotypes within a species.

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Definitions:

Responses

Reactions or actions in response to stimuli or situations.

Time

The indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.

Instrumental Conditioning

Another term for operant conditioning, a learning process in which behavior is modified by the reinforcing or punishing consequences that follow.

Operant Conditioning

is a learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.