A Rat Nibbles on a New Food Item to Check

question 53

Multiple Choice

A rat nibbles on a new food item to check it out.Several hours later,the rat becomes sick.As a consequence,he never eats that food item again.This is an example of ______.

• A)long-delay learning
• B)Pavlovian preconditioning
• C)instinctual contrast
• D)schedule-induced polydipsia

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Definitions:

Equivalent Units

A concept in cost accounting used to allocate costs to partially completed goods, computed by assessing the work done as a fraction of the completed goods.

First-In, First-Out Method

An inventory valuation method that assumes the first items placed in inventory are the first sold; useful in managing and valuing inventory.

Conversion Costs

The combined costs of direct labor and manufacturing overheads required to convert raw materials into finished goods.

Equivalent Units

A concept in cost accounting used to calculate the cost of partially completed goods by converting them into a number of fully completed units.