The Main Message of the Text's Heredity Environment Discussion Is

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Multiple Choice

The main message of the text's heredity environment discussion is that:

• A) people need the right environment to fully express their inborn talents.
• B) people can overcome every obstacle if they try hard.
• C) people can do anything if given the right environment.
• D) our life fate lies totally in our genes.

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Definitions:

Median Earnings

The middle value of earnings in a given distribution, with an equal number of persons earning more and less than this value.

Efficiency-wage Model

A theory suggesting that higher wages can lead to increased productivity by attracting better workers and motivating them to work harder.

Marginal Productivity

The additional output generated by employing one more unit of a particular input, holding other inputs constant.

Diminishing-returns Theory

The principle that says that if one factor of production is increased while others are held constant, the incremental output will eventually decrease.