Knowledge About the Behavior Pattern of a Cost Is Important

question 57

Multiple Choice

Knowledge about the behavior pattern of a cost is important to understanding the effect on net income of a change in sales volume because as sales volume changes:

• A) net income will change proportionately.
• B) the effect on net income will depend on the behavior pattern of various costs.
• C) fixed costs will rise proportionately.
• D)variable costs will not change.

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Definitions:

Primary Reinforcement

A type of reinforcement that involves using innate, biological needs such as food, water, and warmth as rewards.

Skinnerian Conditioning

A form of learning in which behavior is modified by its consequences; reinforcement or punishment modifies the likelihood of a behavior's recurring.

Classical Conditioning

A training process where a response initially caused by a second stimulus is eventually provoked by the first stimulus, due to the continuous pairing of the two stimuli.

Neutral Stimulus

A stimulus that initially produces no specific response other than focusing attention, until it is associated with an unconditioned stimulus.