An Influential Cargo Brought Back to Portugal from the West

question 62

Multiple Choice

An influential cargo brought back to Portugal from the West African coastal voyages in 1441 was

• A) silver.
• B) gold.
• C) slaves.
• D) spices.
• E) ivory.

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Definitions:

Conditioned

Describes a response that has been learned through the process of conditioning, where a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus, eliciting a learned response.

Learning

The process of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, attitudes, and preferences.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Unconditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that naturally triggers a response without any prior learning or association.