Maximizing Surplus in a Market Depends Not Only on the Amount

question 95

Multiple Choice

Maximizing surplus in a market depends not only on the amount bought and sold,but also on:

• A)who buys and sells it.
• B)what those consumers do with it.
• C)how productive the sellers are.
• D)None of these statements is true.

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Definitions:

Antecedents

Events or conditions that precede and influence behavior, often studied in behavioral psychology to understand causal relationships.

Functional Analysis

A set of procedures used in FBA to analyze contextual variables, primarily focusing on consequences to reduce students’ problem behaviors. It is also used to describe the second stage of FBA, testing hypotheses.

Functional Assessment

A detailed investigation into the factors contributing to problematic behaviors, leading to targeted interventions for improvement.

Conditioned Stimuli

In classical conditioning, a previously neutral stimulus that, after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.