Which of the Following Is a Positive Statement

question 157

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a positive statement?

• A) The United States should fight inflation even if it raises unemployment.
• B) What to do with Social Security is the most important economic issue today.
• C) A 5 percent increase in income leads to a 3 percent increase in the consumption of orange juice.
• D) Because they decrease productivity, labor unions should be eliminated.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has been repeatedly presented along with a stimulus that naturally evokes a response.

Unconditioned Response

A natural, automatic reaction to a stimulus that occurs without any need for prior learning or conditioning.

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that, through association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to elicit a conditioned response in classical conditioning.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without prior learning.