Critics of Multiculturalism Contend That If Multicultural Education Were Accepted

question 18

Multiple Choice

Critics of multiculturalism contend that if multicultural education were accepted uncritically, it could

• A) result in the failure to transmit the essential information about shared culture.
• B) blur the contributions of each separate culture.
• C) cause children to forget their individual cultural heritage.
• D) offset the effect of the "melting pot" approach.

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Definitions:

Primary Reinforcers

Innate reinforcing stimuli that satisfy basic biological needs or desires, such as food, water, and sleep, without learning.

Secondary Reinforcers

Stimuli that acquire their reinforcing properties through their association with primary reinforcers, such as money getting its value from the things it can buy.

Schedules of Reinforcement

The specific patterns and timings of rewards or punishments that control the rate and timing of responses in operant conditioning.

Response Pattern

The characteristic manner in which an individual or system reacts to a specific stimulus or series of stimuli.