Jan Berry Recently Received a $500,000 Inheritance from Her Maternal

question 52

Multiple Choice

Jan Berry recently received a $500,000 inheritance from her maternal grandmother. Jan decided to use the money to start a business. According to the textbook, the inheritance that Jan received was the ________ that prompted her to start a business.

• A) prompting event
• B) entrepreneurial prompt
• C) initiating event
• D) triggering event
• E) kick-off event

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Definitions:

Nonsense Syllables

Combinations of letters that do not form actual words, used in psychological experiments to study memory and learning.

Hermann Ebbinghaus

A German psychologist famous for his pioneering work on the study of memory, including the forgetting curve and the spacing effect.

Replicate Work

The process of conducting an experiment or study again to verify its results or to ensure its reliability and accuracy.

Hippocampus

A part of the brain involved in memory formation and spatial navigation.