When Demand Is Elastic, a Fall in Price Causes Total

question 253

Multiple Choice

When demand is elastic, a fall in price causes total revenue to rise because

• A)when price falls, quantity sold increases so total revenue automatically rises.
• B)the increase in quantity sold is large enough to offset the lower price.
• C)the percentage increase in quantity demanded is less than the percentage fall in price.
• D)the demand curve shifts.

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Definitions:

CS

is an abbreviation that can stand for conditional stimulus in behavioral psychology, representing a previously neutral stimulus that, after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of conditioned response when it is no longer reinforced.

Experimental Neurosis

A pattern of erratic or maladaptive behavior in animals caused by exposure to unpredictable and uncontrollable events, used as a model to study human neuroses.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired; a response that is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.