Take the Issue of Stealing

question 135

Multiple Choice

Take the issue of stealing. The point of view of society as a whole is that if some people get away with stealing, then others may be tempted to steal also, and chaos can result. What concept does this best illustrate? ​

• A)Reinforcement theory
• B)The social allergy effect
• C)The bad apple effect
• D)The propinquity effect

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Definitions:

Marginal Product

The additional output that an additional unit of input (such as labor or capital) will produce, holding all other inputs constant.

Returns To Scale

The change in output resulting from a proportional change in all input factors where all inputs are increased or decreased by the same factor.

Marginal Products

This refers to the additional output that results from using an extra unit of a particular input, assuming other inputs are constant in the production process.

Production Function

A mathematical expression that describes the relationship between input factors and the output of goods or services.