Private Letters in Antiquity Typically Included All of the Following

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Multiple Choice

Private letters in antiquity typically included all of the following conventions except _____.

• A) an opening greeting
• B) the name of the writer
• C) a prayer or expression of thanks to the gods
• D) a thorough description of the writer's context

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

A method of learning where, through continuous pairing, a reaction initially induced by a second stimulus comes to be provoked by the first stimulus instead.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus.

Discrimination

Discriminatory actions or attitudes against people belonging to distinct categories, mainly due to factors like ethnicity, age, or sexual orientation.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs through associations between an environmental stimulus and a naturally occurring stimulus, famously demonstrated by Ivan Pavlov's experiments with dogs.