A Photocopy Machine Costs $99,000 When New and Has Accumulated

question 79

Multiple Choice

A photocopy machine costs $99,000 when new and has accumulated depreciation of $92,000.Suppose the company junks this machine and receives nothing.What is the result of the disposal transaction?

• A)gain of $7000
• B)no gain or loss
• C)loss of $11,500
• D)loss of $7000

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Definitions:

Conditional Discrimination

A situation in which the availability of reinforcement to a particular stimulus depends upon the presence of a second stimulus.

Occasion-Setting Properties

Stimuli or contexts that signal the availability of reinforcement or punishment, influencing how an organism responds to other stimuli.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus, begins to elicit a conditioned response.

Lock Conditioning

A method of conditioning where the conditioned stimulus locks the response until the unconditioned stimulus is presented, although this term is not traditionally used in psychological literature, it seems to be a misunderstanding or miscreation.