Which Term Listed Below Describes Costs Incurred When the Company

question 175

Multiple Choice

Which term listed below describes costs incurred when the company fails to detect poor quality goods or services?

• A) Internal failure costs
• B) Value-added activity
• C) Just-in-time production
• D) External failure costs

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Definitions:

Shaping

A method in behavioral psychology where successive approximations of a target behavior are reinforced until the desired behavior is achieved.

Successive Approximations

A technique used in behaviorist psychology, involving the reinforcement of behaviors that are increasingly similar to the desired behavior.

Operant Conditioning

A method of behavior modification where the intensity of an action is influenced by positive or negative reinforcement.

Shaping

A method of positive reinforcement of behavior patterns in operant conditioning.