If a Market Is in Equilibrium and Demand Increases While

question 119

Multiple Choice

If a market is in equilibrium and demand increases while supply decreases, the change in the equilibrium price is ________ and the change in the equilibrium quantity is _________.

• A)positive; positive
• B)positive; negative
• C)positive; indeterminate
• D)indeterminate; positive

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Definitions:

Stimulus Discrimination

The learned ability to differentiate between similar stimuli based on their associations with different outcomes.

Extinction

In behavior psychology, the process where a conditioned response decreases or disappears after the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A process in classical conditioning where a conditioned stimulus is paired with a new neutral stimulus, creating a second, often weaker, conditioned response.

Spontaneous Recovery

The return of a previously eliminated conditioned response following a break from being exposed to the conditioned stimulus.