Identify the One Statement That Does Not Demonstrate How Social

question 271

Multiple Choice

Identify the one statement that does not demonstrate how social effects influence consumer choice.

• A) Students in an Economics class are required to purchase a textbook assigned by the professor.
• B) There is utility gained from consuming goods or services that others are consuming.
• C) Some products that people consume are determined by the social popularity of the products.
• D) Companies such as Zappos.com and Netflix invite their consumers to write reviews about their experience with their products which are then posted on the internet for others to see.

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Definitions:

DRH Schedule

Differential Reinforcement of High rates of behavior is a schedule of reinforcement where high rates of a specific behavior are reinforced.

Reinforcement

A process in behaviorism that increases the likelihood of a behavior repeating by applying a stimulus following that behavior.

DRL Schedule

A type of reinforcement schedule where a response is only reinforced if it occurs after a specified amount of time has passed since the last reinforced response.

Reinforcement

In behaviorism, a stimulus or event that follows a behavior and increases the likelihood of that behavior's recurrence.