The Writer Whose Work Encouraged the Passage of the Meat

question 59

Multiple Choice

The writer whose work encouraged the passage of the Meat Inspection Act was

• A) Henry George.
• B) Theodore Dreiser.
• C) Upton Sinclair.
• D) Ida Tarbell.
• E) Lincoln Steffens.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus which initially doesn't elicit a response but, when associated with an unconditioned stimulus, later results in a conditioned response.

Stimulus Generalization

The process in which a response to a specific stimulus becomes associated with other stimuli that are similar, leading to the same response.

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that initially has no effect but becomes able to provoke a specific response through association with an unconditioned stimulus.

Extinction

In psychology, the process through which a conditioned response decreases or disappears as a consequence of repeated exposure to the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus.