An Increase in the Government's Budget Deficit Means

question 76

Multiple Choice

An increase in the government's budget deficit means

• A)public saving is greater than $0 and increasing.
• B)public saving is greater than $0 and decreasing.
• C)public saving is less than $0 and increasing.
• D)public saving is less than $0 and decreasing.

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Definitions:

Punishment

A consequence designed to reduce a behavior through unpleasant outcomes or experiences.

Conditioned Reinforcer

A stimulus that gains its reinforcing power through its association with a primary reinforcer and is used to increase the likelihood of a response.

Negative Reinforcer

A stimulus whose removal or avoidance following a specific behavior increases the likelihood of that behavior being repeated in the future.

Extinction

Extinction in psychology refers to the diminishing of a conditioned response when the reinforcement is withheld; in biology, it pertains to the disappearance of species.