What Was the Reason Rome Did Not Immediately Seek to Control

question 47

Multiple Choice

What was the reason Rome did not immediately seek to control all of the Hellenistic kingdoms?

• A)political: Some politicians supported expansion and some did not.
• B)economic: There was nothing to be gained in acquiring that territory.
• C)social: Romans never tried to incorporate new people into their society.
• D)cultural: Romans felt they were superior to Greek society in every way.
• E)diplomatic: They wanted to broker a peace between the quarreling Greeks.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A method for learning where the potency of a response is adjusted by the application of rewards or disciplinary actions.

Aversive Conditioning

A method of behavior modification in which unpleasant stimuli are associated with undesirable behaviors to reduce or eliminate those behaviors.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus and acquires the capacity to elicit similar responses.

Desensitization

Desensitization is a psychological process through which an individual is made less likely to feel extreme responses towards a stimulus, often used in the treatment of phobias and anxieties.