The result is then divided by the number of weighted price categories to arrive at a weighted inventory cost level. For example, the company has 1,000 pieces at $2 each, 2,000 pieces at $2.75 each, and 4,000 pieces at $3 each. One inventory category equals $2,000, another equals $5,500, and the third equals $12,000.
These behaviors can all be linked to a strong belief that has been embedded in human history -- superstitions, according to a Kansas State University professor. Don Saucier, associate professor of psychology, said superstitions are behaviors that people perform in an attempt to affect or control their future.hese behaviors can all be linked to a strong belief that has been embedded in human history -- superstitions, according to a Kansas State University professor. Don Saucier, associate professor of psychology, said superstitions are behaviors that people perform in an attempt to affect or control their future.
Skinner's theory regarding superstition being the nature of the pigeons' behaviour has been challenged by other psychologists such as Staddon and Simmelhag, who theorised an alternative explanation for the pigeons' behaviour.his in turn led to studies of biblical exegesis, pioneered by Spinoza and to a more skeptical view about superstition. Opposition to superstition was central to 17th century rationalist Benedict de Spinoza and the intellectuals of the 18th century Age of Enlightenment.