Around 1900,Italian Americans Started Thinking of Themselves as Americans Instead

question 17

Multiple Choice

Around 1900,Italian Americans started thinking of themselves as Americans instead of as people from a particular town or area in Italy.The reason for this shift in thinking and self-identification was:

• A)other Americans did not recognize Italy until the 1920s
• B)other Americans defined them that way
• C)the American government needed the category for a census
• D)the unification of Italy as a single country took place only in 1920
• E)all of these choices

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Definitions:

Negative Reinforcement

A behavioral psychology principle where the removal of an unpleasant stimulus strengthens or increases the likelihood of a response.

Punishment Schedules

Predetermined plans of action applied to reduce or eliminate undesired behaviors by introducing negative consequences.

Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, a process in which a behaviour is strengthened or increased by its consequences, such as rewards or punishments.

Punishment

A consequence applied with the intention of reducing or eliminating an undesired behavior.