One of the Principal Factors That Contributed to the Fighting

question 83

Multiple Choice

One of the principal factors that contributed to the fighting effectiveness of the German military units in World War II was

• A) strong primary-group ties.
• B) strong secondary-group ties.
• C) fear of the Waffen SS troops.
• D) the effectiveness of Nazi ideology that made them feel that they were the master race.

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Definitions:

Biological Constraints

Limitations on learning that are due to the inherited characteristics of an organism.

Natural Selection

The principle that inherited traits that better enable an organism to survive and reproduce in a particular environment will (in competition with other trait variations) most likely be passed on to succeeding generations.

Conditioned Reinforcers

Stimuli that acquire their reinforcing power through their association with primary reinforcers.

Biological Constraints

Limitations on learning that result from the genetic and biological makeup of each organism.