What Was the Goal of Expressionism, and How Was It

question 14

Essay

What was the goal of expressionism, and how was it realized in German films in the years immediately following World War I? Use specific examples.

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

A phenomenon in learning and conditioning where previously extinguished responses reappear after a pause, without further conditioning.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening of a conditioned response that results in the behavior decreasing or disappearing.

Conditioned Purring Response

A learned response where a cat purrs following specific stimuli as a result of conditioning.

Spontaneous Recovery

After a pause in exposure to the conditioned stimulus, a once suppressed conditioned response emerges again.