Data from the Registrar's Office at Gigantic State University Indicate

question 163

Multiple Choice

Data from the registrar's office at Gigantic State University indicate that over the past 20 years tuition and enrollment have both increased.From this information we can conclude that:

• A) higher education is an exception to the law of demand.
• B) the supply of education provided by GSU has also increased over the 20-year period.
• C) school-age population,incomes,and preferences for education have changed over the 20-year period.
• D) GSU's supply curve of education is downsloping.

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Definitions:

FR 10 Schedule

A fixed-ratio reinforcement schedule where reinforcement is provided after every tenth correct response, promoting high and steady rates of responding.

FR 40 Schedule

A type of fixed-ratio schedule where reinforcement is provided after a set number of responses, specifically 40 responses in this case.

Operant Chamber

An apparatus that creates an enclosed environment, used for the study of operant behavior within it.

Matching Law

A principle of behavioral psychology that states an individual will choose to engage in behaviors proportional to the rewards offered for those behaviors.