Uncontrollable Costs

question 45

Multiple Choice

Uncontrollable costs:

• A) provide evidence about a manager's performance
• B) are influenced by a manager's decisions and actions
• C) are also referred to as opportunity costs
• D) should be ignored in evaluating the responsibility center manager

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Definitions:

Cognitive Consistency Theories

A group of attitude theories stressing that people try to maintain internal consistency, order and agreement among their various cognitions.

Three-Component Model

A framework in psychology that describes an attitude as having cognitive, affective, and behavioral components.

Attitude

A mental inclination shown by assessing a specific entity with a certain level of preference or aversion.

Information Integration Theory

A psychological theory explaining how individuals combine information from different sources to form a judgment or attitude.