You Are Trying to Get Your Roommate to Keep Things

question 54

Multiple Choice

You are trying to get your roommate to keep things neater, so you leave a nice note after she makes any attempt to pick things up.After a while, you leave a note only after she has stacked the dirty dishes, then only after she has brought them to the kitchen, and finally only after she has put them in the dishwasher.This process is an example of

• A)shaping.
• B)punishing.
• C)chaining.
• D)generalizing.

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Definitions:

Greenmail

A targeted stock repurchase where payments are made to potential bidders to eliminate unfriendly takeover attempts.

Exclusionary Self-Tender Offer

A type of tender offer in which a company offers to purchase shares from its shareholders in a way that may exclude certain holders to affect the control or composition of its shareholder base.

Poison Pill

A financial device designed to make unfriendly takeover attempts unappealing, if not impossible.

Merger

The combination of two or more companies into a single entity, often to achieve synergies.