Question

1. a high - risk investment fund aiming for high returns through aggressive strategies is known as a

a) mutual fund
b) hedge fund
c) target date fund
d) lease agreement

short answer response (5 points each)

1. name the russian scientist who was able to prove behavioral conditioning using dogs and a bell.
2. name & briefly explain the scheme used by bernard l. madoff to defraud investors of over $65 billion dollars?
3. after defeating harold (brother of edward i, king of england) at the battle of hastings in 1066, william i (the conqueror) held titles in which two countries?
4. name the title of (the book) in which the first complete census conducted on both population & property were recorded.
5. who is known as the father of classical conditioning?

Explanation:

1. Ivan Pavlov is the Russian scientist who demonstrated behavioral - conditioning with dogs and a bell.
2. Bernard L. Madoff used a Ponzi scheme. It is a fraudulent investment operation where returns are paid to earlier investors from funds contributed by new investors, rather than from legitimate business earnings.
3. After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William I (The Conqueror) held titles in England and Normandy.
4. The Domesday Book is the book in which the first complete census of population and property was recorded.
5. Ivan Pavlov is known as the father of classical conditioning.

Answer:

1. Ivan Pavlov
2. Ponzi scheme. It is a fraud where new investors' money pays earlier investors instead of real earnings.
3. England and Normandy
4. The Domesday Book
5. Ivan Pavlov