Costs That Vary in Total in Direct Proportion to Changes

question 79

Multiple Choice

Costs that vary in total in direct proportion to changes in an activity level are called

• A) fixed costs
• B) sunk costs
• C) variable costs
• D) differential costs

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies developed by the unconscious mind to protect an individual from anxiety or unacceptable thoughts and feelings.

Fixation

In psychoanalytic theory, an obsessive interest or attachment to a developmental phase or aspect of personal interaction.

Free Association

A psychoanalytic technique in which a patient says whatever comes to mind without censorship as a way to explore unconscious thoughts and feelings.

Collective Unconscious

coined by Carl Jung, refers to the part of the unconscious mind that is derived from ancestral memory and experience, common to all humankind.