Archive for December, 2007

Predatory Pricing Defined

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Predatory pricing is also known as destroyer type pricing. Companies that use this method of pricing products at extremely low selling prices intend to drive out other competitors from the market or prevent them from entering the market. So other competitors can only survive in the market if they can match or lower their own prices without the risk of losing profits because such losses would result in going out of business. Most predatory pricing companies are either monopolies or just have less competitors in their industry or market. Sometimes they may even raise prices to cause the opposite affect, but still make profit making hard for their competitors.

PIVOTOL RESPONSE THERAPY DEFINED

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Pivotol response therapy is also known as PRT, pivotal response training or pivotal response treatment. It is used as a treatment for autistic patients by helping them with intervention into their behavior issues. The therapy is primarily focused around two types of behavioral skills, including multi-cue response and general motivation. It is believed by the medical professionals who treat autism that by developing these important skills that the all round behavior of patients can improve dramatically in some cases and less in others. However, each patient responds differently to the therapy and no one case is the same, thus it is a possible behavioral solution versus a guaranteed one.