An Investment That Pools Together Investors' Money in Order to Buy

question 339

Multiple Choice

An investment that pools together investors' money in order to buy securities in many different companies or governments is a

• A) commercial fund.
• B) mutual fund.
• C) holding company.
• D) public investment corporation.

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Definitions:

Unconditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any prior learning.

Aversive Conditioning

A behavioral technique that involves using negative stimuli to reduce or eliminate undesired behaviors.

Conditioned Stimulus

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

Counterconditioning

A classical conditioning procedure for changing the relationship between a conditioned stimulus and its conditioned response.