Billy Completes an Assignment and Says Positive Things About His

question 2

Multiple Choice

Billy completes an assignment and says positive things about his work and praises himself.As a result,Billy is more likely to complete assignments.Billy's self-talk functions as:​

• A) ​a discriminative stimulus
• B) ​a conditioned stimulus
• C) ​an establishing operation
• D) ​a reinforcer

Understand the concepts of private and external benefits in the context of public goods and common resources.

Analyze the economic implications of policies designed to correct for positive externalities.

Illustrate how external benefits influence the socially optimal level of good or service provision.

Explain the rationale and effects of emissions taxes and tradable emissions permits.

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Research and Development

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Investors

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Software Development Costs

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