When He Is Teaching a Class on "Our Human Heritage

question 125

Multiple Choice

When he is teaching a class on "Our Human Heritage," Professor Frohardt, a sociobiologist, is likely to contend that:

• A) evolution has bred into each of us a tendency to act in ways that maximize our chances of passing on our genes.
• B) evolution can explain simple behaviors, such as smiling or recognizing emotions, but it cannot account for complex social customs, such as taboos against female adultery.
• C) males and females of a species are affected by the same evolutionary pressures.
• D) the differences between the mating behaviors of men and women are largely cultural.

Understand how technology, taxes, and government regulations affect a firm's cost curves.

Apply the concepts of variable costs, fixed costs, and sunk costs to real-life business scenarios.

Understand the concept of sunk costs and their irrelevance in current decision-making.

Identify the conditions under which sunk costs become irrelevant for current and future decision-making.

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Definitions:

Consistent

In mathematics, particularly in systems of equations, it refers to a system that has at least one solution.

Inconsistent

A term describing systems of equations that have no solution, as their lines or planes do not intersect.

Solutions

The values or sets of values that satisfy the conditions of an equation or inequality.

Infinite Solutions

A condition in which an equation or system of equations has an unlimited number of solutions.