The Historical or Cultural Pattern of Assigning Certain Groups to Perform

question 33

Multiple Choice

The historical or cultural pattern of assigning certain groups to perform certain
Work is called

• A)intergenerational mobility.
• B)downward mobility.
• C)the cultural division of labor.
• D)the glass ceiling.
• E)white backlash.

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Definitions:

Respondent Behavior

Behavior that occurs as a direct response to a specific stimulus, often reflexive or involuntary in nature.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process in which a biologically potent stimulus is paired with a previously neutral stimulus to elicit a conditioned response.

Negative Reinforcement

A behavioral principle where the removal or avoidance of an unpleasant stimulus increases the likelihood of a behavior being repeated.

Instinctive Drift

The tendency of an animal to revert to instinctive behaviors that interfere with learned behaviors from operant conditioning.