As Product Co

question 186

Multiple Choice

As Product Co. adds the first four workers to its production process in the short run, its output rises from 0 to 12 to 25 to 35 to 43. Addition of the fifth worker will most likely lead to an output rate

• A) greater than 51.
• B) equal to 51.
• C) less than 51.
• D) greater than 51 if the firm experiences diseconomies of scale.
• E) none of the above.

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Definitions:

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response.

Stimulus Generalization

The psychological phenomenon where a response to a specific stimulus becomes triggered by stimuli that are similar in nature.

Conditioned Response

The learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with an unconditioned stimulus through classical conditioning.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response.