Most of Us Routinely Trim Our Fingernails

question 51

Multiple Choice

Most of us routinely trim our fingernails. The cuttings are tossed into the wastebasket and we don't usually give it much thought. Believers of ________ would take special precautions with their fingernail clippings, which could be used to cast a spell on them.

• A) contagious magic
• B) saints
• C) continuous magic
• D) shamanism

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Definitions:

Socialization

The process by which an individual learns norms, values, behavior, and social skills appropriate to their society.

Transition

Movement of the head of the fetus into the vagina.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

Classical Conditioning

A simple form of learning in which one stimulus comes to bring forth the response usually brought forth by a second stimulus by being paired repeatedly with the second stimulus.