Another name for operant conditioning is instrumental learning‚ introduced by Edward L. Thorndike 1913. Thorndike began studying “animal thinking”. Cat experiment: cat would perform a specific response‚ such as pulling a wire or a lever and was rewarded food after each escape. “law of effect” behavior is influenced by its consequences First book published‚ the behaviour of organisms 1938. Skinner demonstrated that organisms tend to repeat those responses that are followed by favourable consequences
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close-to-perfect or how exact the findings are based on samples. The closer it is to perfection means would give the researcher and the readers the assurance that the scientific research is factual and correct. Research is done in order to find solutions to a problem. To make a research
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In fact‚ if you have a large amount of mortgage interest‚ deductible taxes‚ business-related expenses that weren’t reimbursed by your company‚ and/or charitable donations‚ it probably makes sense to itemize your deductions. Sit down with a CPA and go over your personal situation to determine whether it makes sense to itemize. Then get in the habit of saving receipts and keeping good records. Remember‚ in the end it’s not always what you make‚ but what you save that
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Problem 6-36 1. Machine supplies: $102‚000 / 34‚000 DLH = $3/hr January: 23‚000 DLH x $3 = $69‚000 Depreciation: Fixed at $15‚000 2. Plant maintenance cost: | March | January | | (34‚000 hrs) | (23‚000hrs) | Total cost*Less: Machine Supplies DepreciationPlant maintenance | $ 586‚000(102‚000) (15‚000)$ 469‚000 | $ 454‚000(69‚000) (15‚000)$ 370‚000 | *Excludes supervisory labor cost Variable maintenance cost
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Learning Team E 1/30/2012 University of Phoenix ACC 547: James Enney 22-50 Jack and Jill are owners of UpAHill‚ and S-corporation. They own 25 and 75 percent‚ respectively. a. What amount of ordinary income and separately stated items are allocated to them for years 1 and 2 based on the information above? Description | UpaHill | Jack 25% | Jill 75% | Year 1 Income | $ 45‚000.00 | | | Less: | | | | Dividends | $ 500.00 | | | Interest Income | $
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CHAPTER 8 DEDUCTIONS FROM GROSS INCOME Problem 8 – 1 DEDUCTIBLE OR NONDEDUCTIBLE FROM GROSS INCOME |1. Deductible |11. Nondeductible | |2. Nondeductible |12. Deductible | |3. Nondeductible |13. Deductible
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`Assignments for chapters 1 through 6 EXERCISE 1.1 Each of us is confronted with decisions in our everyday lives that require us to gather and assess information on the different alternatives at hand and then make a decision. Examples of such decisions include the decision to attend college‚ buy a car or some other item‚ strike up a friendship with Person A or B‚ select a particular course‚ or take a trip to Point X or Y. You may have made an error in such decisions because your information
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Johnathan Heathcock NT1230 Monday 6-10:45 Unit 6 Problem Set/ Exercise/ Case Scenario 1. Remote Desktop is based on former Terminal Services. 2. System image backup saves data to a DVD file. 3. Branch Cache conserves WAN bandwidth. 4. Distributed cache mode files cached on each client. 5. Volume shadow copies are previous versions. 6. Incremental backup are files changed since the last backup job. 7. Windows RE is accessible from Windows 7 installation disk. 8. Hosted cache mode is files cached on
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Chapter 8 1‚4‚5 1. Cray Research sold a super computer to the Max Planck Institute in Germany on credit and invoiced €10 million payable in six months. Currently‚ the six-month forward exchange rate is $1.10/€ and the foreign exchange advisor for Cray Research predicts that the spot rate is likely to be $1.05/€ in six months. (a) What is the expected gain/loss from the forward hedging? The expected gain from this sale can be figured by using this equation: 10‚000‚000(1
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Chapter 6 Summary ITT Technical Institute Introduction to Networking NT1210 October 28‚ 2013 The chapter starts out explaining how a BN (Backbone Network) works. Backbone Network: Connecting all of the LANs of an organization entails another type of network (BN). A properly designed backbone network provides a high-speed circuit that serves as the central conduit across which the LANs of an organization can communicate
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