Why Do Both Households and Societies Face Many Decisions

question 157

Multiple Choice

Why do both households and societies face many decisions?

• A) Resources are scarce.
• B) Populations may fluctuate over time.
• C) Wages for households and therefore society fluctuate with business cycles.
• D) People, by nature, tend to disagree.

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Definitions:

Reinforcement

The process by which a stimulus or event strengthens or increases the probability of the response that it follows.

Stimulus

Any event or situation that evokes a response.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A process in classical conditioning by which a stimulus that was previously neutral is paired with a conditioned stimulus to produce the same conditioned response as the conditioned stimulus.

Secondary Reinforcer

A stimulus that gains its reinforcing power through its association with a primary reinforcer.