On What Grounds Did Mary Wollstonecraft Challenge Conventional Eighteenth-Century Ideas

question 67

Essay

On what grounds did Mary Wollstonecraft challenge conventional eighteenth-century ideas about women's nature and their proper social roles?

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Definitions:

Signal Detection Theory

A means to quantify the ability to discern between information-bearing patterns and random patterns that distract from the information.

Response Bias

A wide range of cognitive biases that influence the responses of participants away from an accurate or truthful response.

Sensory Adaptation

The diminished sensitivity to a stimulus as a consequence of constant exposure to that stimulus.

Sensory Threshold

The minimum level of stimulus intensity required for a sensory system to detect a stimulus.