The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

question 18

Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"With a good deal of surprise I have observed that little notice has been taken of an act of Parliament...If the Parliament may lawfully deprive New York of any of her rights,it may deprive any or all the other colonies of their rights;and nothing can possibly so much encourage such attempts as a mutual inattention to the interest of each other.To divide and thus to destroy is the first political maxim in attacking those who are powerful by their union.He certainly is not a wise man who folds his arms and reposes himself at home,seeing with unconcern the flames that have invaded his neighbor's house without using any endeavors to extinguish them."
Letter from a Pennsylvania Farmer,The Boston Chronicle,1767
-The Pennsylvania Farmer's complaint about the actions of the British can best be explained by the American belief in

• A) hereditary privilege of the self-governing colonists.
• B) the religious justification for British supremacy.
• C) the inviolability of natural rights.
• D) the necessity of union among the British North American colonists.

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Definitions:

Unconscious Processes

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Reinforcement

A process in behavior analysis that strengthens a desired behavior by providing a reward or removing an unpleasant stimulus.

Modeling

A method used in various fields to create a representation of a system or process, or in psychology, the process of learning by observing and imitating others.

Punishment

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