If GDP Calculations Included Measurements of Pollution and Environmental Damage,GDP

question 160

Multiple Choice

If GDP calculations included measurements of pollution and environmental damage,GDP values would most likely be

• A)greater than their values without these measurements.
• B)less than their values without these measurements.
• C)unchanged from their values without these measurements.
• D)meaningless,since GDP values without these measurements would no longer be of value.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, encouraging the occurrence of desired behaviors.

Reciprocal Determinism

A perspective positing that individuals and their environment interact and influence each other.

Psychosocial

Relating to the interrelation of social factors and individual thought and behavior.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired; a response that is first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.