Which of the Following Is NOT a Finding or Assumption

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a finding or assumption of capital markets research?

• A)The work of financial intermediaries impacts on share prices.
• B)Capital providers consider auditors increase accounting information credibility.
• C)The qualification of a financial report will have a significant impact on share price.
• D)Analysts' earnings forecasts are more accurate than time-series models of earnings.

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Definitions:

Partial Reinforcement

A conditioning strategy where only a portion of responses are reinforced, making the learned behavior more resistant to extinction.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A process in classical conditioning by which a stimulus that already elicits a conditioned response is used as a conditioned stimulus to condition a response to a new stimulus.

Latent Learning

Learning that occurs without any obvious reinforcement or immediate demonstration of the learned behavior or knowledge, becoming apparent only when a situation calls for it.

Observational Learning

A learning process where individuals learn new behaviors or information by watching the actions of others.