Define Fixed Costs and Variable Costs

question 85

Essay

Define fixed costs and variable costs. Provide an example of each.

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Definitions:

Shaping

A method of teaching new behaviors by reinforcing successive approximations toward a desired behavior.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process where behavior is controlled by consequences, including rewards or punishments.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.

Modeling

A technique in behavioral psychology where individuals learn through observation and imitation of others.