Garcia's Experiments Showed That Rats Would Develop a Taste Aversion

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Essay

Garcia's experiments showed that rats would develop a taste aversion when they got sick after tasting sugar water but not if they received an electric shock to their feet after tasting sugar water. Explain how this demonstrates biological preparedness.

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Definitions:

AVC

Average Variable Cost is the total variable costs divided by the quantity of output, representing the variable cost per unit of output.

MC = MR

An economic principle stating that to maximize profits, firms should produce up to the point where marginal cost equals marginal revenue.

MC = MR

The principle that profit maximization occurs when a firm's marginal cost (MC) equals its marginal revenue (MR).

Economic Profit

The difference between total revenue and total costs, including both explicit and implicit costs, representing the surplus revenue after accounting for all costs.