You Look Up the Phone Number of Your Favorite Pizza

question 154

Multiple Choice

You look up the phone number of your favorite pizza maker and say it over and over to yourself as you walk across the room to the phone. Before you reach the phone, your roommate bursts in and exclaims, "Look at this-it's the new Pink album!" "Cool!" you reply. Then you become frustrated because you cannot remember the phone number. This is most likely due to interruption in the process of

• A)decay.
• B)proactive inhibition.
• C)selective attention.
• D)the primacy effect.

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Definitions:

Periodic system

An inventory valuation method where updates to inventory records are made on a periodic basis, usually at the end of an accounting period.

Beginning inventory

The value of a company's inventory at the start of an accounting period.

Perpetual inventory system

An inventory system that keeps continuous, real-time records of goods bought and sold, updating inventory accounts without physical counts.

Journal entry

A record in accounting that documents a business transaction and its impact on the company's accounts, using debits and credits.