Imagine That You Were a Student in One of the Classrooms

question 64

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you were a student in one of the classrooms in the self-fulfilling prophecy study by Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968) .If you're like most students, you would ________ to be labeled a bloomer, because your teacher would ________.

• A) want; pay more attention to you and encourage you more
• B) not want; place unreasonable demands on you
• C) not want; make you work alone
• D) want; give you more time at recess

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Definitions:

Mixed Cost

A cost that contains both variable and fixed cost components, changing in total with volume but remaining constant per unit.

Variable Cost

Costs that change in proportion to the good or service that a business produces, such as raw materials and direct labor expenses.

Fixed Cost

Expenses that do not change with the level of production or sales over a certain period, such as rent or salaries.

Period Cost

Costs that are expensed in the period in which they are incurred, without direct link to production activity, such as selling, general, and administrative expenses.