While Driving to a Store,your Mind Wanders,and You Are Surprised

question 36

Multiple Choice

While driving to a store,your mind wanders,and you are surprised to find that you have arrived.This experience supports the idea that:

• A) automatic processes need awareness.
• B) automatic processes do not need awareness.
• C) awareness needs automatic processes.
• D) awareness does not need automatic processes.

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Definitions:

Retained Earnings

The portion of net income left over for the business after it has paid out dividends to its shareholders, often reinvested into the company.

Investment Elimination Entry

An accounting entry made in the process of consolidating financial statements to remove the effects of intercompany investments and avoid double counting.

Subsidiary Asset

An asset owned by a subsidiary company, which itself is controlled by a parent company through ownership of more than half of its voting stock.

Accumulated Impairment Loss

The total amount of impairment loss that has been recognized on assets over their lifetime, reducing their book value.