Shaping Occurs When ____

question 143

Multiple Choice

Shaping occurs when ____.

• A) all methods of conditioning, namely, positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, and negative punishment, are used to create a new behavior
• B) animals, as opposed to humans, are taught to do something that they did not do before
• C) a novel behavior is slowly conditioned by reinforcing successive approximations of the final desired behavior
• D) a behavior is reinforced repeatedly until it becomes nearly automatic

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Definitions:

Contribution Margin

The amount remaining from sales revenue after variable costs are subtracted, showing what's left over to cover fixed costs and generate profit.

Sales Volume

This refers to the total number of units of a product or service sold over a specific period.

Account Analysis

A method for analyzing cost behavior in which an account is classified as either variable or fixed based on the analyst’s prior knowledge of how the cost in the account behaves.

Mixed Cost

An expense that contains both fixed and variable components, changing in total with the level of activity though containing a constant element.