All of the Following Are True About Slavery in This

question 83

Multiple Choice

All of the following are true about slavery in this country except:

• A) Slaves were not viewed as human beings, but as chattel to be bought and sold
• B) Marriages among slaves were not recognized by the law
• C) For a period of time it was illegal to teach African Americans to read or write
• D) Abraham Lincoln believed that African Americans were equal to whites

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished response after a period of time without exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

Extinction

In psychology, the process through which a conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears as a result of the withdrawal of reinforcement.

Contingency

The relationship between two events, one being contingent or a consequence of the other's occurrence.

Contiguity

The principle stating that events occurring close together in time or space are readily associated with each other.