What Has Been the Result of Technological Developments Over the Past

question 80

Multiple Choice

What has been the result of technological developments over the past two decades, such as the rise of the Internet and e-mail?

• A) They have given small business owners more flexibility in how they manage their schedules.
• B) They have given small business owners a greater ability to compete with big companies but have reduced the flexibility they have in managing their businesses.
• C) They have reduced the role of entrepreneurship in the Canadian economy.
• D) They have made it harder for small businesses to compete successfully against large corporations.

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

An associative learning process where two stimuli are constantly paired together; the second stimulus initially causes a response which in time is caused by the first stimulus alone.

Acquisition

The phase during learning when a response is established and gradually strengthened.

Stimulus Generalization

The process by which a response that has been learned to one stimulus is also elicited by similar, but not identical, stimuli.

Stimulus Generalization

A process in conditioning where a response to a specific stimulus becomes associated with other stimuli that are similar to the original stimulus.