Upon What Grounds Did White Americans Justify the Racialization of Slavery

question 97

Multiple Choice

Upon what grounds did white Americans justify the racialization of slavery?

• A)Black Africans were viewed as an inferior human subspecies.
• B)Racial pseudo-science offered a hierarchical view in which Africans were "below" whites.
• C)Biblical scripture was used to justify African slavery.
• D)All of the answers are correct.

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Definitions:

Classically Conditioned

The process by which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus and acquires the capacity to elicit similar responses.

Aversive Stimulus

Aversive Stimulus is an unpleasant or painful stimulus used to induce changes in behavior through aversion therapy.

Operant Response

A behavior that is modified by its consequences, through reinforcements or punishments, in operant conditioning.

Aversive Stimuli

An unpleasant or harmful object, event, or situation that is avoided or intended to be avoided by an organism or individual.