Biologist Zing Yang Kuo (1961) Demonstrated That a Cat That

question 168

Multiple Choice

Biologist Zing Yang Kuo (1961) demonstrated that a cat that had been raised from birth with a rat in the same cage would attack neither that specific rat nor other rats. This research suggests that __________.

• A) conflict over scarce resources contributes to aggression
• B) aggression is a learned response
• C) aggressive behavior is not instinctive
• D) aggressive instincts can be modified through experience

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Definitions:

Equivalent Unit

A concept in cost accounting used to apportion costs among finished goods and goods in process, based on work completed.

Process Costing

A costing method used for homogeneous products, allocating costs based on the processes or departments through which the products pass.

Conversion Costs

Costs incurred during the transformation of raw materials into finished goods, including both direct labor costs and manufacturing overhead.

Equivalent Unit

A computation used in process costing that converts partially completed units of production into a number of fully completed units.