As Successive Equal Increases in a Variable Factor of Production

question 158

Multiple Choice

As successive equal increases in a variable factor of production are added to fixed factors of production, there will be a point beyond which the extra product that can be attributed to each additional unit of the variable factor of production will decline. This is known as the law of

• A) diminishing total product.
• B) diminishing average product.
• C) diminishing marginal product.
• D) decreasing product.

---

Definitions:

Gender Role Development

The process by which individuals learn the behaviors, attitudes, and expectations associated with their gender through cultural, social, and environmental influences.

Theory

A system of ideas intended to explain something, based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.

Primary Sex Characteristics

The physical features that are directly involved in human reproduction, including the organs of the reproductive system.

Secondary Sex Characteristics

Physical traits that emerge during puberty but are not directly involved in reproduction, such as breast development in females and facial hair growth in males.