The Price of a Desktop Computer Purchased by Alpha Electronics

question 10

Multiple Choice

The price of a desktop computer purchased by Alpha Electronics was $5,034. It cost $189 for delivery and $256 for installation. The salvage value at the end of a 5-year life is $424. Using the sum-of-the-years' digits depreciation, calculate the annual depreciation for year 4.

• A) $337
• B) $582
• C) $596
• D) $674

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

After a pause in exposure to the conditioned stimulus, a once suppressed conditioned response emerges again.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A process in classical conditioning by which a stimulus that was previously neutral becomes conditioned by being paired with another conditioned stimulus.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response.

Stimulus Generalization

The psychological phenomenon where a response to a specific stimulus becomes triggered by stimuli that are similar in nature.