Net Benefit Can Be Maximized by Equating

question 144

Multiple Choice

Net benefit can be maximized by equating:

• A) total benefit to total cost.
• B) marginal benefit to marginal cost.
• C) marginal benefit to total cost.
• D) total benefit to marginal cost.

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Definitions:

Dress Factory

A manufacturing facility where dresses are produced in large quantities.

Discriminative Stimulus

A stimulus in the presence of which a particular response is more likely to be reinforced, and in the absence of which a response is not reinforced.

Negative Reinforcer

A stimulus whose removal following a behavior increases the likelihood of that behavior being repeated in the future.

Unconditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that innately provokes a response without the necessity for previous learning.