Mary Green Takes a Summer Course in London,England

question 113

Multiple Choice

Mary Green takes a summer course in London,England.She doesn't buy British pounds at the U.S.airport,where the rate is 1 pound = $1.60.Upon arrival in London,she finds that she can buy pounds for $1.65 each.Which of the following is true?

• A)Green would have been better off if she had bought pounds in the United States where U.S.dollars were cheaper.
• B)Green would have been better off if she had bought pounds in the United States where pounds were less expensive.
• C)The pounds were more expensive in London because a currency is always most valued in its home country.
• D)The pounds were more expensive in the United States because they are less available there.
• E)It doesn't matter where she buys the pounds,since she can't use U.S.money anyway once she's in England.

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Definitions:

Conditioning

Conditioning is a process of behavior modification by which a subject comes to respond in a desired manner to a previously neutral stimulus.

Stimulus Presentation

The act of introducing a stimulus to a subject's sensory medium (e.g., visual, auditory) to provoke a response or examine the subject's behavior in psychological experiments.

Schedule of Reinforcement

A plan or strategy in behavioral psychology for determining which responses will be reinforced to shape or modify behavior.

Partial Reinforcement

A conditioning strategy in which a reward is not administered every time the desired behavior is performed, often leading to more resistant behavior change.