Gina Is About to Have Her First Baby

question 48

Multiple Choice

Gina is about to have her first baby. To learn more about how to raise a securely attached child, she has just read an article about John Bowlby's research, which emphasizes that attachment style

• A) fluctuates in accordance with momentary changes in our moods and desires.
• B) is shaped by how the child is treated during infancy and early childhood.
• C) is genetically inherited (as opposed to environmentally determined).
• D) is likely to change from one style to another over the life span.

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Definitions:

Wage Differentials

The differences in wage rates due to the variations in the skill level, occupation, region, and other factors affecting compensation.

Diminishing Returns

The principle stating that as one factor of production is increased while others are held constant, a point will eventually be reached where additions of the factor yield progressively smaller increases in output.

Value Added

The increase in worth of a product or service as a result of a particular stage of production or as it moves through the supply chain.

Marginal Product

The increase in output resulting from a one-unit increase in the amount of a single input used, keeping all other inputs constant.