The Authors Provide the Text of a UPI Story Describing

question 52

Multiple Choice

The authors provide the text of a UPI story describing the discovery of the bones of a disabled dwarf in a cave in northern Italy.The reporters speculate that over 12,000 years ago,early hominids would take care of the disabled members of their group._______ would argue that the bones belonged to a dwarf who was related to the other cave inhabitants,whereas _______ would argue that the other inhabitants relied on the dwarf for some unknown purpose.

• A) Evolutionary theorists; social exchange theorists
• B) Social psychologists; social exchange theorists
• C) developmental psychologists; evolutionary theorists
• D) Social exchange theorists; sociobiologists
• E) Social psychologists; evolutionary theorists

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Marginal Cost

The increase in expense from creating one more unit of a product or service.

Total Cost

The total cost of production, encompassing both variable and fixed expenses.

Average Cost

The total cost of production divided by the number of goods produced, representing the cost on average of producing each unit of output.

Average Variable Cost

The total variable cost divided by the quantity of output produced, representing the variable cost of producing each unit of output.