Sociologists Charles Horton Cooley and George H

question 118

Multiple Choice

Sociologists Charles Horton Cooley and George H.Mead can best be classified as:

• A)functionalists
• B)conflict theorists
• C)symbolic interactionists
• D)postmodernists

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A learning method where the consequences of a behavior (reinforcements or punishments) influence the likelihood of that behavior occurring again.

Latent Learning

Learning that occurs without obvious reinforcement and is not immediately observable in an individual’s behavior.

Operant Conditioning

A learning approach that relies on the use of incentives and consequences for one's actions.

Classical Conditioning

A method of conditioning in which pairing two stimuli repeatedly makes a response that is initially precipitated by the second stimulus to be precipitated by the first stimulus alone.