Attempts to Enact the New Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

question 46

True/False

Attempts to enact the new Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 made little or no impression on northerners.

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Definitions:

Respondent Conditioning

Skinner’s term for classical conditioning.

Habituation

The process of becoming accustomed to a stimulus or environment, resulting in a decreased response over time.

Learning Mechanism

Processes through which individuals acquire new knowledge, skills, behaviors, or values, often through observation, experience, or instruction.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs through associations between an environmental stimulus and a naturally occurring stimulus.