Using Map (In the Textbook) 25

question 57

Essay

Using Map (in the textbook) 25.1, locate the areas of the United States that belonged to Mexico, and explain how this situation changed after 1848. Compare with Map (in the textbook) 25.3 and discuss how this change fueled the U.S. motivation for westward expansion.

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Definitions:

Behavior Modification

The direct and systematic application of principles of learning to change maladaptive or unwanted behaviors into more desirable behaviors.

Reciprocal Determinism

A theory proposed by Albert Bandura that suggests human behavior, personal factors, and the environment continually interact and influence each other.

Extinction

The process through which a conditioned response diminishes over time as it is no longer reinforced.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired together; an unconditioned stimulus (which evokes an unconditioned response) is paired with a conditioned stimulus until the conditioned stimulus alone elicits a conditioned response.