Often, a Stock Price Is "Pumped Up" as a Result

question 83

Multiple Choice

Often, a stock price is "pumped up" as a result of information obtained in chat rooms. After it is "pumped," it is quickly " ." The SEC has been tracing such actions that seek to manipulate stock prices in violation of the 1934 Exchange Act.

• A) diluted
• B) split
• C) dumped
• D) floated

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Definitions:

Reinforcer

A stimulus that, when presented after a behavior, increases the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.

Cumulative Recorder

A device used in behavioral psychology to visually represent the rate of responses over time in a graph form.

Shaping

A method of teaching or behavior modification that involves reinforcing successive approximations toward a desired behavior.

Shaping

The process of reinforcing successive approximations to a desired behavior.