Which of the Following Was an Effect of the Enclosure

question 37

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was an effect of the enclosure of common lands in the English countryside during the seventeenth century?

• A) Chartered companies increased in number and spread to the countryside.
• B) Serfdom was imposed on the remaining English peasants.
• C) Agricultural productivity dropped drastically, leading to famines.
• D) Landowners began to plant new crops to sell in distant, instead of domestic, markets.

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Definitions:

Perception

The process of organizing, identifying, and interpreting sensory information in order to represent and understand the environment.

Signal-detection Theory

A psychological theory that explains how we discern between information-bearing patterns and random noise in the environment.

Sensory Processes

The mechanisms by which information from the environment is absorbed, transformed into neural signals, and perceived.

Subliminal Perception

The ability to detect information below the conscious level of awareness, which may influence thoughts, feelings, or actions without one being consciously aware of the stimuli.