A Company Would Repurchase Its Own Stock for All of the Following

question 29

Multiple Choice

A company would repurchase its own stock for all of the following reasons except

• A)it needs the stock for employee bonuses.
• B)it wishes to make an investment in its own stock.
• C)it wishes to prevent unwanted takeover attempts.
• D)it wishes to improve the company's financial ratios.

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Definitions:

Shaping

A method of positive reinforcement in operant conditioning that rewards closer and closer approximations of the desired behavior.

Negative Punishment

A behavior modification technique where a desirable stimulus is removed following a behavior, with the intention of decreasing that behavior.

Positive Punishment

Adding an undesirable stimulus to decrease a behavior, such as giving extra chores to reduce instances of lying.

Stimulus Discrimination

The learned ability to differentiate between similar stimuli and respond appropriately to each.