What Is an Externality

question 81

Multiple Choice

What is an externality?

• A)the impact of one person's actions on the well-being of a bystander
• B)the impact of a person's actions on that person's well-being
• C)the impact of society's decisions on the well-being of society
• D)the impact of society's decisions on the well-being of one person in the society

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Definitions:

Higher-Order Conditioning

A process in classical conditioning by which a stimulus that's associated with a conditioned stimulus also becomes capable of eliciting a conditioned response.

Successive Approximations

A method used in behavior modification that rewards behaviors that progressively get closer to the desired behavior.

Intermittent Reinforcement

A conditioning schedule where a response is only sometimes reinforced, leading to more resistant and persistent behavior.

Faster Extinction

The accelerated reduction or loss of conditioned responses, typically in the context of behavioral psychology.