The Argument That Social Structures Moved from Being Based on Tradition

question 41

Multiple Choice

The argument that social structures moved from being based on tradition to being based on logic and reason is called

• A) collective consciousness.
• B) the rationalization of society.
• C) the industrialization of society.
• D) postmodernity.

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Definitions:

Generalization

The process of applying the outcomes of specific instances to broader situations or populations, often seen in learning and reasoning.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with an unconditioned stimulus through conditioning.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the process through which the conditioned response is weakened when the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Animal

An animal that has learned to respond in a specific way to a conditioned stimulus through the process of conditioning.