Language Is Termed Productive If It

question 189

Multiple Choice

Language is termed productive if it

• A)allows for communication of thoughts and ideas.
• B)is capable of generating new ideas and possibilities.
• C)increases one's adaptation to a changing environment.
• D)provides a set of rules for making sounds into words and words into sentences.

Interpret graphical representations of marginal private and social benefits and costs.

Understand the concepts of private and external benefits in the context of public goods and common resources.

Analyze the economic implications of policies designed to correct for positive externalities.

Illustrate how external benefits influence the socially optimal level of good or service provision.

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Definitions:

Respondent Behavior

Behavior that occurs as an automatic response to a certain stimulus, often without conscious intent.

Unconditioned Response

An automatic, innate reaction to a stimulus that occurs without prior conditioning or learning.

Negatively Reinforced

A behavior strengthened because a negative condition is removed or avoided as a consequence of the behavior.

Positively Punished

The addition of an unpleasant stimulus in response to a behavior, resulting in a decrease in the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.