Retained Earnings Is

question 20

Multiple Choice

Retained earnings is

• A) always equal to the amount of cash that the corporation has generated from operations.
• B) a part of the contributed capital of the corporation.
• C) a part of the shareholders' claim on the total assets of the corporation.
• D) closed at the end of each accounting period.

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Definitions:

Fixed-Interval Reinforcement

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is rewarded only after a specified time has elapsed, leading to a pattern of responses following the passage of each interval.

Variable-Interval Reinforcement

A reinforcement schedule in which a response is rewarded after an unpredictable amount of time has passed.

Continuous Reinforcement

A learning schedule in which every correct response is followed by a reward, thus reinforcing the behavior consistently.

Partial Reinforcement

A conditioning schedule where only some responses are reinforced, leading to greater resistance to extinction.