Let L Represent the Number of Workers Hired by a Firm

question 39

Multiple Choice

Let L represent the number of workers hired by a firm, and let Q represent that firm's quantity of output. Assume two points on the firm's production function are (L=6,Q=147) and (L=7,Q=184) . The marginal product of the seventh worker is

• A)25 units of output.
• B)27 units of output.
• C)37 units of output.
• D)184 units of output.

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Definitions:

Pavlovian Conditioning

A learning process in which an initially neutral stimulus becomes associated with a specific response through pairing with a stimulus that naturally evokes that response.

Instrumental Conditioning

A learning process through which behavior is modified using rewards or punishments, also known as operant conditioning.

Fear Conditioning

A learning process where an organism learns to associate a neutral stimulus with an adverse event, leading to a conditioned response to the originally neutral stimulus.

Eyeblink Conditioning

A form of classical conditioning where a subject learns to blink in response to a previously neutral stimulus that has been paired with a stimulus that naturally elicits blinking.