An Operant Can Be Defined As

question 366

Multiple Choice

An operant can be defined as:

• A) someone whose actions you observe.
• B) an actively emitted (or voluntary) behavior that operates on the environment to generate consequences.
• C) an automatic, reflexive behavior.
• D) the mental image of an object or action.

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Definitions:

Daily Profit

The financial gain calculated as the difference between revenue and expenses for a single day.

Capacity

The maximum output that a company can produce under normal conditions over a given period of time.

Marginal Costs

The uplift in total financial outlay required for the making of another unit of a product or service.

Cournot Duopolists

Firms in a market where only two producers exist and compete under the Cournot assumption, where each firm decides its production level assuming the output of its competitor is fixed.