Consider Niko Tinbergen's Four Levels of Explanation and Complete the Following

question 28

Multiple Choice

Consider Niko Tinbergen's four levels of explanation and complete the following sentence: ________ explanations tell us about the immediate mechanisms that precipitate a particular disease, and ________ explanations tell us how processes such as natural selection leave the body vulnerable to disease.

• A) Developmental; phylogenetic
• B) Evolutionary; developmental
• C) Proximate; evolutionary
• D) Phylogenetic; proximate

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Definitions:

Marginal Cost

The additional financial burden of producing one more unit of a product or service.

Break-even Price

The price level at which a business does not make a profit or a loss.

Long Run

In economics, the period in which all inputs can be adjusted, with no fixed costs, allowing for full adjustment to changes in the market.

Industry Supply Curve

A graphical representation showing the total quantity of a good that producers in an industry are willing to supply at various prices.