Jada is a researcher interested in Americans’ beliefs about gun violence. She knows that mass shootings, in particular those that involve the use of rifles of some sort, are highly publicized in the news media. Meanwhile, shootings involving handguns are much less publicized comparatively speaking. Jada asks 1000 participants to estimate the number of homicides (murders) committed with rifles and handguns respectively in the United States per year. She finds that participants dramatically overestimate the number of homicides committed with rifles as compared to the number of homicides committed with handguns. Jada’s findings are consistent with what decision-making issue?

A 70%-owned subsidiary declares and pay a cash dividend. What effect does the dividend have on the Retained Earnings and Noncontrolling Interest balances reported on the consolidated balance sheet?

Sam’s mother hates garlic mustard (an invasive weed you find in Wisconsin). She tells her son Sam that she’ll pay him $1 for every 5 garlic mustard plants he pulls out of their yard. This is an example of what type of reinforcement schedule?

Deviance is one of the “four D’s” that are taken into account by mental health professionals when determining whether a pattern of thoughts, emotions, and/or behaviors should be considered “disordered.” There is currently debate in the psychological community as to whether “video game addiction” should be made an official diagnosis in the DSM. Which of the following statements would indicate whether “video game addiction” might be considered to meet the deviance criteria.

Rhonda’s friends describe her as a highly unstable person. One week she’ll do nothing but lay in bed. During these periods she’ll barely eat or speak to anyone, and she’ll have a very dim view of her life. The next week she’ll be active, excited, and constantly on the go. During these periods she’ll hardly sleep at all and she’ll speak at a very quick pace to anyone about each and every idea that goes through her head. Which psychological disorder best matches the description of Rhonda above?

Solve the problem.Use the formula F = C + 32 to convert 120°C to degrees Fahrenheit.

Pittman Company exchanged 100,000 shares of its $40 par value common stock for all of the net assets of Sistrunk Company. The fair value of Pittman’s common stock on the acquisition date was $72 per share. In addition, Pittman also paid a fee of $320,000 to consultants in connection with the acquisition. Pittman incurred $160,000 of costs of registering and issuing the equity shares to acquire Sistrunk. There was no goodwill or bargain purchase associated with this acquisition. At what amount should Pittman record the acquisition of Sistrunk’s net assets?

Convert the mixed number to an improper fraction.3

What is the appropriate accounting treatment for the value assigned to in-process research and development acquired in a business combination?

Perform the indicated multiplication.(-10)(-8)(-9)