When Two or More Organizations Combine to Become One, It

question 87

Multiple Choice

When two or more organizations combine to become one, it is referred to as a:

• A) joint venture.
• B) flexible structure.
• C) mechanistic structure.
• D) merger.
• E) inorganic venture.

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Definitions:

Sign Stimulus

Any stimulus that elicits a fixed action pattern in an animal.

Sign Stimulus

An external sensory cue that triggers a fixed action pattern in an organism, an innate response to a specific stimulus.

Dutch Ethologist

A Dutch ethologist is a scientist from the Netherlands who studies animal behavior through observational and experimental methods.

Habituation

A type of learning in which an animal becomes accustomed to a repeated, irrelevant stimulus and no longer responds to it.