Jane Agreed to Purchase a Coat Priced at $600 Through

question 33

Multiple Choice

Jane agreed to purchase a coat priced at $600 through a lay- by agreement with a clothing store.She signed a written agreement which required her to pay $100 per month for 6 months.Jane made two payments and then decided not to proceed.The store has advised Jane that she must pay a $50 termination fee although there was no reference to one in the lay by agreement.What are the store's obligations under the lay by provisions of the Australian Consumer Law?

• A)It must refund Jane's payments and it can impose the termination fee.
• B)It does not have to refund Jane's payments and it has the right to the termination fee because Jane breached the contract and is obliged to pay damages.
• C)It must refund Jane's payments and it cannot impose the termination fee.
• D)It does not have to refund Jane's payments and it has the right to claim the termination fee if it can prove that the fee is reasonable.

Identify the principles of operant conditioning and behavior modification techniques.

Distinguish between fixed and variable schedules of reinforcement.

Recognize applications of operant conditioning in everyday life.

Describe the extinction process and factors influencing it.

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Correlational Methods

Research techniques that study the relationship between two or more variables without determining cause and effect.

Experimental Methods

Research strategies involving the manipulation of one variable to determine its effect on another variable, within a controlled environment, to establish cause-and-effect relationships.

Randomly Assign

The process of distributing participants in a study into different groups using random methods to ensure that each participant has an equal chance of being assigned to any group.

Variable

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