The Effect of a Stock Dividend Is To

question 186

Multiple Choice

The effect of a stock dividend is to:

• A)decrease total assets and stockholders' equity.
• B)change the composition of stockholders' equity.
• C)decrease total assets and total liabilities.
• D)increase the market value per share of common shares.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

Latent Learning

Pertains to knowledge acquired without any immediate or visible reinforcement or outcome, becoming apparent only when needed.

Injunctive Norm

A belief about what behaviors are generally approved of or disapproved of in one’s culture.

Descriptive Norm

A belief about what most people typically do.