How Was Darwin Influenced by Thomas Malthus's Work on Population

question 14

Multiple Choice

How was Darwin influenced by Thomas Malthus's work on population growth?

• A)Darwin was interested in Malthus's examinations of population changes in pea plants.
• B)Darwin was influenced by Malthus's work on demography and population responses to food availability.
• C)Darwin liked the concept of Latin taxonomic classification as it pertained to human groups.
• D)Darwin was greatly influenced by research on acquired characteristics.

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Definitions:

Total Costs

The sum of all expenses incurred in the production of goods or services, including direct and indirect costs, both variable and fixed.

Step-Down Method

A method of allocating costs whereby one service department’s cost is allocated to all remaining service departments and operating departments, and so on, until all service department costs are allocated to final products.

Death Spiral

A situation occurring when transfer prices include fixed costs and users reduce their use of the internal product or service. This further increases the transfer price (based on average cost) and more users reduce their demand.