Giving a Hungry Rat Food for Pressing a Bar Before

question 46

Multiple Choice

Giving a hungry rat food for pressing a bar before the rat has a chance to engage in other incidental behaviors like running or scratching best illustrates

• A) respondent behavior.
• B) secondary reinforcement.
• C) intermittent reinforcement.
• D) immediate reinforcement.

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Definitions:

Consumption Possibilities

The range of goods and services that can be consumed given a consumer's income and prices.

Physical Capital

Tangible assets used in the production of goods and services, such as machinery, buildings, and equipment.

Production Possibilities Curve

A graph that shows the different quantities of two goods that an economy can produce using all of its resources efficiently.

Scarcity

Fundamental concept of economics that indicates that there is less of a good freely available than people would like.