What Do Positive Reinforcement and Negative Reinforcement Have in Common

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Multiple Choice

What do positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement have in common?

• A) They both depend on the presentation of a desirable stimulus.
• B) They both depend on the presentation of an undesirable stimulus.
• C) They both strengthen the likelihood of a behavior.
• D) They both weaken the likelihood of a behavior.

Understand the concept of supply elasticity and how it is measured.

Describe how equilibrium price and quantity are affected by changes in supply and demand in different market periods.

Explain the impact of price changes on quantity supplied for products with different elasticities of supply.

Analyze the unique characteristics and outcomes of perfectly inelastic and perfectly elastic supply conditions.

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Definitions:

Reinforcements

In psychology, stimuli or events that increase the likelihood of a behavior being repeated.

Operant Conditioning

A teaching technique that involves changing the level of a behavior by applying rewards or punishments.

Classical Conditioning

A process in which learning takes place by pairing two stimuli repeatedly; the response, although initially elicited by the second stimulus, is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.

Social Learning

A theory that suggests people learn new behaviors and attitudes through observation and imitation of others.