Cultural Diffusion Occurs

question 54

Multiple Choice

Cultural diffusion occurs

• A) primarily within a specific society
• B) simultaneously with population movement
• C) both within societies and across national boundaries
• D) primarily through conquest which deliberately transforms the culture of the colonized.

Recognize the role of reinforcements (positive and negative) in increasing the likelihood of a behavior.

Differentiate between primary and secondary reinforcers and their use in operant conditioning.

Understand the concept of generalization and discrimination in the context of conditioning.

Understand the relationship between social class and education attainment.

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Definitions:

T-test

A statistical test used to compare the means of two groups to determine if they are significantly different from each other.

Nonsignificant

An outcome of a statistical test indicating that the evidence is not strong enough to reject the null hypothesis.

Nonsignificant

A statistical term indicating that the results of an analysis do not show evidence to reject the null hypothesis, suggesting that any observed effect could be due to chance.

Insignificant

A term used in statistics to describe a result that fails to provide enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis.