A Textile Firm Operates a Plant in the North (Where

question 10

Multiple Choice

A textile firm operates a plant in the north (where labor is expensive relative to capital) as well as a plant in the south (where capital is expensive relative to labor) .In the figure below, the northern plant will most likely minimize costs by combining labor and capital in the amounts indicated by which of the following points?

• A)A
• B)B
• C)C
• D)D

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior, encouraging or discouraging certain behaviors.

Stimulus Generalization

In operant conditioning, the tendency for a response that has been reinforced (or punished) in the presence of one stimulus to occur (or be suppressed) in the presence of other similar stimuli.

Skills Training

In behavior therapy, an effort to teach the client skills that he or she may lack, as well as new constructive behaviors to replace self-defeating ones.

Modeling

The process of observing and imitating a specific behavior from others, often a mechanism of learning in social contexts.