"I'll Make You a Deal," Cody's Mother Says

question 114

Multiple Choice

"I'll make you a deal," Cody's mother says. "If you clean up your room, then you can have a glazed donut." Using operant conditioning terms, Cody's mother uses _____ to reward desired behavior.

• A) punishment by avoidance
• B) a conditioned reinforcer
• C) a primary reinforcer
• D) negative reinforcement

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Definitions:

Short-Run Average Total Cost (ATC)

The total cost per unit of output in the short run, where some factors of production are fixed.

Profit-Maximizing Level

The output level at which a firm achieves the highest profit, where marginal revenue equals marginal cost.

Average Total Costs (ATC)

A rephrasing of Average Total Cost, it calculates the per-unit production cost by dividing the total cost by the total quantity of goods produced.

Manufacturing Firm

A business that uses components, parts, or raw materials to make a finished good.