As a Child, Blaine Was Attacked by a Goose and Subsequently

question 159

Multiple Choice

As a child, Blaine was attacked by a goose and subsequently developed a severe fear of waterfowl. As he got older, the fear gradually faded until it was all but forgotten. Blaine is now in his early-twenties and recently went strolling through a park by the river where he came across a flock of geese. The geese gave him a stare and he felt slightly fearful, though not as afraid as he had been as a child. Blaine's fear response is an example of __________

• A) stimulus discrimination.
• B) stimulus generalization.
• C) higher-order conditioning.
• D) spontaneous recovery.

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Definitions:

CCA Class

In Canadian taxation, Capital Cost Allowance (CCA) Class refers to categories of assets that are subject to different rates of depreciation for tax purposes.

Incremental Cash Flow

The extra cash flow from operations that a company gets by starting a new project.

Tax Rate

This represents the percentage at which an individual or corporation is taxed by the government.

Straight-Line Depreciation

Straight-line depreciation is a method of allocating the cost of a tangible asset over its useful life in equal annual installments.