Whose Research Provided the Scientific Justification for the U

question 15

Multiple Choice

Whose research provided the scientific justification for the U.S.Supreme Court to end the practice of racially segregated education in the 1954 Brown vs.Board of Education decision?

• A) Edward and Helen Brown
• B) Mamie and Kenneth Clark
• C) Inez Prosser and Jean Piaget
• D) Mary Calkins and Margaret Washburn

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Definitions:

Acquisition of Extinction

The process in conditioning when the conditioned response is reduced and eventually disappears as the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.

SOP

Standard Operating Procedure; a set of step-by-step instructions compiled by an organization to help workers carry out complex routine operations.

Mackintosh's Attentional Theory

A theory proposing that the allocation of attention during learning is influenced by the predictability of stimuli, affecting conditioning strength.

Conditioned Response Strength

The intensity or magnitude of a response that has been learned under conditional circumstances.