What Does It Mean to Say That Humans Use Culture

question 57

Multiple Choice

What does it mean to say that humans use culture instrumentally?

• A) People use culture to fulfill their basic biological needs for food, drink, shelter, comfort, and reproduction.
• B) People use culture to develop artistic endeavors, including musical instruments and visual arts.
• C) People use culture to advance civilization.
• D) Culture is a human construct.
• E) Culture is instrumental in the creation of societies.

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Definitions:

Economies of Scale

Cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to their scale of operation, with cost per unit of output decreasing with increasing scale.

Diminishing Marginal Returns

The principle that as additional units of a factor of production are added, the increase in output will eventually decrease, holding other factors constant.

Constant Returns to Scale

A situation where increasing all inputs by a certain factor results in output increasing by the same factor, indicating proportionate scalability of production.

Increasing Returns to Scale

Occurs when an increase in all inputs by a certain percentage causes a more than proportional increase in output.