Why Is Our Sense of Touch So Important for Our

question 30

Essay

Why is our sense of touch so important for our physical development and survival? For our emotional development and survival? Your book discusses five major areas in which touch plays a role in human interaction. Briefly comment on the importance of any three of these areas. Be sure to include in your response how people use different touching behaviors to convey these messages.

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Definitions:

Marginal Costs

The additional cost incurred from producing one more unit of a good or service.

Aggregate Supply Curve

The aggregate supply curve represents the total output of goods and services that firms in an economy are willing and able to produce at different price levels, holding all else constant.

Output Increases

A rise in the quantity of goods or services produced by an economy or firm over a specific period.

Potential Output

The highest level of GDP a country can achieve when its resources are fully employed, without causing inflation.