The Following Information Is for Employee Ella Dodd for the Week

question 69

Essay

The following information is for employee Ella Dodd for the week ended March 15.Total hours worked: 48
Rate: $15 per hour, with double time for all hours in excess of 40
Federal income tax withheld: $200
United Fund deduction: $50
Cumulative earnings prior to current week: $6,400
Tax rates:
Social security: 6% with no maximum earnings.Medicare tax: 1.5% on all earnings.State unemployment: 5.4% with no maximum earnings; on employer
Federal unemployment: 0.8% with no maximum earnings; on employer
(a)Determine (1) total earnings, (2) total deductions, and (3) cash paid.(b)Determine each of the employer's payroll taxes related to the earnings of Ella Dodd for the week ended March 15.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus, eventually triggers a conditioned response.

Classical Conditioning

An instructional process where pairing two stimuli repeatedly results in a response first prompted by the second stimulus, but eventually prompted by only the first stimulus.

Extinction

A process in which the conditioned response is weakened when the conditioned stimulus is repeated without the unconditioned stimulus.

Acquisition

The gradual formation of an association between conditioned and unconditioned stimuli.