An Externality Can Best Be Defined as

question 289

Multiple Choice

An externality can best be defined as

• A) a party not directly involved in a transaction.
• B) a consequence of a transaction that spills over to affect third parties.
• C) a right of an owner to use and exchange property.
• D) a cost associated with the production of one more unit of output.

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Definitions:

Behavioral Principles

Fundamental concepts or rules that underlie patterns of behavior, often used in psychology to explain and predict human actions.

Conditioned Stimuli

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

Unconditioned Stimuli

A stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any prior learning.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, encouraging the subject to associate certain behaviors with consequences.