Simone Is Listening to Her Professor's Lecture

question 161

Multiple Choice

Simone is listening to her professor's lecture.Class is about to end when the professor previews the topic for the next meeting."Next time," he says,"we will examine learning." Since Simone has done the assigned reading,she correctly thinks to herself:

• A) "Let's see-that's when there is a temporary change in behavior that results from genetically programed development."
• B) "Oh, that's when there is permanent change in behavior that is due to maturation."
• C) "Learning-that's when there is a relatively permanent change in behavior or knowledge that results from previous experience with certain stimuli and responses."
• D) "Learning is the change in behavior that results from biological changes, fatigue, or injury."

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Definitions:

Coefficient

A numerical or constant value that multiplies a variable in a mathematical expression, often used in equations to represent the relationship between variables.

Price Elasticity of Demand

An indicator of the sensitivity of the demand for an item to adjustments in its pricing.

Perfectly Inelastic Demand

Product or resource demand in which price can be of any amount at a particular quantity of the product or resource that is demanded; when the quantity demanded does not respond to a change in price; graphs as a vertical demand curve.

Perfectly Elastic Demand

Product or resource demand in which quantity demanded can be of any amount at a particular product or resource price; graphs as a horizontal demand curve.