Foraging Remained the Dominant Mode of Subsistence Among Australia's Aboriginal

question 27

Multiple Choice

Foraging remained the dominant mode of subsistence among Australia's Aboriginal people, largely because:

• A) Large marsupials continued to propagate and diversify their ranks, especially after 16,000 years ago
• B) Raiding parties from other parts of Southeast Asia continuously destroyed the crops the Aboriginals had planted in undefended fields
• C) Australia possessed only two types of grain and lacked the rich concentrations of grain found in the Fertile Crescent of Western Asia
• D) It permitted a division of labor by gender that satisfied the goals of both the men and the women in the group

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Definitions:

Higher Goals

Objectives that reflect broader, more significant aspirations or ideals, surpassing basic or immediate needs in pursuit of longer-term fulfillment.

Delayed Reinforcement

A technique in which a response is followed by a reward not immediately but after a time delay, influencing future behavior.

Immediate Reinforcement

The prompt delivery of a reward or consequence following a behavior, which strengthens the likelihood of that behavior occurring again.

Continuous Reinforcement

A reinforcement strategy where a desired behavior is rewarded every time it occurs, leading to quicker learning of that behavior.