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A Scientist Conditions a Dog to Salivate in Response to the Sound

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A scientist conditions a dog to salivate in response to the sound of a high-pitched tone. The researcher then presents a low-pitched tone. The dog fails to salivate. The dog is demonstrating:


Definitions:

Elastic Demand

Reflects how the quantity demanded of a good or service changes in response to a change in price; high elasticity indicates demand is highly sensitive to price changes.

Demand Curve

A graph showing the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity of that good consumers are willing and able to buy.

Perfectly Elastic

A situation in economic theory where the quantity demanded or supplied responds infinitely to changes in price.

Perfectly Inelastic

A situation in which the demand for a good or service does not change in response to changes in price.

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