Which ONE of the Following Statements Is True

question 63

Multiple Choice

Which ONE of the following statements is true?

• A) The venture capital industry as we know it today emerged in the late 1960s with the formation of the first venture capital limited partnerships.
• B) Modern venture capital firms tend to specialize in a specific line of business, such as hospitality, food manufacturing, or medical devices.
• C) A significant number of venture capital firms focus on high-technology investments.
• D) All of the above are true statements.

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Definitions:

Reaction Formation

Psychological defense mechanism in which a person forms an opposite emotional or behavioral reaction to the way he or she really feels to keep those true feelings hidden from self and others.

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

External Locus of Control

A belief that one's successes or failures result from external factors beyond one's control.

Rotter

Julian B. Rotter, a psychologist known for his work on locus of control, a theory about how people perceive the source of life events and outcomes as either within themselves or externally.