Carolina Has Been Considering Dropping Out of School

question 42

Multiple Choice

Carolina has been considering dropping out of school. However, she now realizes that attending school on a daily basis has a relatively low social cost, yet there are many rewards associated with graduation, so she has decided to stay in school. Which theoretical consideration most strongly influenced this decision?

• A) Structural functionalism
• B) Social conflict
• C) Cultural capital
• D) Rational choice

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Definitions:

Pavlov

Ivan Pavlov, a Russian physiologist known for his work in classical conditioning, demonstrating how stimuli can trigger conditioned responses in animals.

UCR

Unconditioned Response; an automatic and natural response elicited by a stimulus without any prior learning or conditioning.

UCS

UCS stands for Unconditioned Stimulus, a term in classical conditioning that describes a stimulus that naturally triggers a reflexive response without prior learning.

CS

Short for Conditioned Stimulus, a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.