A Number of Costs and Measures of Activity Are Listed

question 64

Essay

A number of costs and measures of activity are listed below.
Required:
For each item above, indicate whether the cost is MAINLY fixed or variable with respect to the possible measure of activity listed next to it.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Stimulus

An initially unimportant stimulus that, following its association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to evoke a conditioned response.

Unconditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that naturally triggers a response without any prior learning.

Generalization

In psychology, the tendency to respond in the same way to different but similar stimuli; in learning, it's the application of past learning to new situations.

Discrimination

The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, gender, or disability.