Using an Example, Discuss the Techniques That Analysts Use to Transform

question 18

Essay

Using an example, discuss the techniques that analysts use to transform accounting numbers into more useful forms.

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs through associations between an environmental stimulus and a naturally occurring stimulus.

Psychological Reactance

A motivational reaction to offers, persons, rules, or regulations that threaten or eliminate specific behavioral freedoms.

Attitude Inoculation

A method of making individuals resistant to attempts to change their attitudes by initially exposing them to small arguments against their beliefs.

Self-Presentational Concerns

The efforts individuals make to create specific impressions of themselves in the minds of others.