One of the First Extended Social Science Analyses of U

question 39

Multiple Choice

One of the first extended social science analyses of U.S. society as a well-institutionalized system of racism was that of _____________, who provided in the 1940s a well-researched argument showing how sustained labor exploitation of black Americans created a centuries-old structure of "racial classes."

• A) W.E.B. Du Bois
• B) Frederick Douglass
• C) Oliver Cox
• D) Ida B. Wells-Barnett
• E) Anna Julia Cooper

Understand the foundational experiments and theories in behavioral psychology that have shaped the understanding of learning and behavior.

Understand the basic concepts and terminology of classical and operant conditioning.

Explain the processes of acquisition, extinction, spontaneous recovery, stimulus generalization, and stimulus discrimination in classical conditioning.

Describe the principles of reinforcement schedules and their effects on behavior in operant conditioning.

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