A Quantitative Research Project Is Being Designed in Order to Answer

question 6

Multiple Choice

A quantitative research project is being designed in order to answer a clinical problem.What is the motivation behind this study?

• A)Basic
• B)Applied
• C)Descriptive
• D)Explanatory

Analyze the impact of externalities on private and social costs and benefits.

Explain the concept of market equilibrium and how it is affected by externalities.

Understand the role of governmental policies in correcting market failures due to externalities.

Describe the difference between positive and negative externalities.

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Definitions:

Extinction

The gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response when the reinforcement is no longer presented.

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that initially has no inherent significance but acquires the ability to evoke a response after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus.

Stimulus Discrimination

The ability to distinguish between one particular stimulus and similar stimuli, not responding the same way to variations of the original stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

A neutral stimulus that, once it becomes linked with an unconditioned stimulus, ultimately leads to eliciting a conditioned response.