This Phone Center Uses Only Equipment and Workers to Provide

question 34

Multiple Choice

This phone center uses only equipment and workers to provide service. $$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | c | c | } \hline \begin{array} { c } \text { Output } \\\text { (units) }\end{array} & \text { Equipment } & \text { Workers } & \text { Total Cost } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Marginal } \\\text { Cost }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Average } \\\text { Variable Cost }\end{array} \\\hline 0.5 & 1 & 2 & & & \\\hline 1 & 1 & 4 & & & \\\hline 3 & 1 & 6 & & & \\\hline 8 & 1 & 8 & & & \\\hline 11 & 1 & 10 & & & \\\hline 12 & 1 & 12 & & & \\\hline\end{array}$$
Assuming equipment costs $10 per unit and each worker earns $5,Average Variable Costs are minimized when output is approximately

• A)3 units.
• B)8 units.
• C)11 units.
• D)12 units.

Identify the role of environmental and genetic factors in explaining differences in intelligence scores.

Understand how experimental conditions can affect the outcomes of psychological research.

Appreciate the historical and ongoing debates regarding intelligence, including its heritability and the impact of race and gender.

Compare and contrast the impacts of environmental versus genetic explanations for racial differences in IQ scores.

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Definitions:

Millivolts

A unit of electric potential equal to one thousandth of a volt, commonly used in various fields such as physics and electrophysiology to measure small voltage differences.

All-Or-None

A principle stating that the strength of a response of a nerve or muscle fiber is not dependent on the strength of the stimulus; if a stimulus is above a certain threshold, a nerve or muscle fiber will fire with full strength.

Neuron Fires

The process by which a neuron activates and transmits an electrical signal down its axon, triggering communication with other neurons or muscle cells.

Partial

Relating to or constituting a part of something as opposed to being whole or complete.