Looking Away from an Upsetting Stimulus in Order to Regulate

question 47

Multiple Choice

Looking away from an upsetting stimulus in order to regulate one's level of arousal is referred to as

• A)co-regulation.
• B)self-comforting behaviour.
• C)self-distraction.
• D)co-distraction.

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Definitions:

Race

A socially defined category based on real or perceived biological differences between groups of people.

Institutional Discrimination

Discrimination carried out systematically by institutions (political, economic, educational, and others) that affects all members of a group who come into contact with it.

Jim Crow Laws

Racial segregation laws enacted in the Southern United States after the Reconstruction period, lasting until the mid-20th century, that enforced discrimination against African Americans.

Separate Facilities

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