People Often Behave in Ways That Violate Established Norms and Threaten

question 49

Multiple Choice

People often behave in ways that violate established norms and threaten the organization, its members, or both. Such actions are called ________.

• A)workplace deviant behaviors
• B)social alienation behaviors
• C)role engulfment
• D)behavioral contagion
• E)behavioral modernity

Understand the concept of implicit costs and their relevance to business economics.

Calculate and distinguish between accounting profit and economic profit.

Recognize explicit costs and their impact on a firm's financial statements.

Comprehend the relationship between economic profit, accounting profit, and normal profit.

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Definitions:

White matter

Tissue in the brain and spinal cord made up primarily of nerve fibers and is responsible for communication between different brain regions and between the brain and the spinal cord.

Neurotransmitter

A chemical within the vesicles of the synaptic knob that is released into the postsynaptic structures when a nerve impulse reaches the synaptic knob.

Synaptic knob

The expanded region at the end of an axon terminal, where neurotransmitters are released to communicate with other neurons or muscle cells.

Interneuron

A type of neuron that communicates only with other neurons, typically found within the central nervous system and plays a role in reflexes and neuronal circuits.