Explain How Increases in Agricultural Surplus Production Frequently Led to Increases

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Essay

Explain how increases in agricultural surplus production frequently led to increases in consumption and savings in pre-colonial households.Hold all other economic,political and social factors constant.

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Definitions:

Disinhibition

The reduction of restraint or inhibition which can lead to the expression of behaviors normally kept under control.

Renewal Effect

The phenomenon where extinguished responses reappear when the context or environment is changed after extinction.

Negative Reinforcement

A process in operant conditioning where a response is strengthened by the removal or avoidance of an unpleasant stimulus.

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency for a response that has been conditioned to one stimulus to be triggered by stimuli that are similar to the original stimulus.