What Was Mercantilism? How Did Great Britain, France, and Spain

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Essay

What was mercantilism? How did Great Britain, France, and Spain attempt to apply it in their colonies? How successful were they? Why?

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Definitions:

Set Point Theory

The idea that each person has a genetically determined range of weight and temperature that their body will try to maintain to stay at optimal health.

Free Operant Theory

A concept in behavioral psychology where an organism can respond at any time, leading to certain consequences, which then affect the frequency of future behaviors.

Behavioral Allocation

The process of distributing or prioritizing behaviors based on various factors such as rewards, effort required, and environmental cues.

Matching Law

A principle stating that animals will distribute their behaviors in proportion to the rate of reinforcement they receive for those behaviors.