Which of the Following Policy Options Would Tend to Offset

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which of the following policy options would tend to offset each other?

• A)A decrease in the discount rate and a decrease in the reserve requirement.
• B)An increase in the discount rate and a decrease in the tax rate.
• C)An increase in the reserve requirement and an open market sale by the Fed.
• D)An increase in the tax rate and a decrease in government spending.

Identify factors leading to peer exclusion in childhood.

Recognize the role of critical periods in embryonic development.

Comprehend the effects of excessive television watching on children.

Explain Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory and its contexts of development.

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Definitions:

Higher-Order Conditioning

Occurs when a strong conditioned stimulus is paired with a neutral stimulus, causing the neutral stimulus to become a second conditioned stimulus.

Extinction

Within the field of psychology, the slow diminishment and ultimate vanishing of a learned response occurs when a conditioned stimulus is continuously shown without pairing it with the unconditioned stimulus.

Stimulus Generalization

The psychological phenomenon where a response conditioned to one stimulus is elicited by similar, but not identical, stimuli.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, triggers a conditioned response.