The Chinese from California Became the Major Source of Labor

question 110

Multiple Choice

The Chinese from California became the major source of labor for the transcontinental railroad because

• A)they had no other employment prospects.
• B)they worked for lower wages than what whites would accept.
• C)most were experienced in railroad construction.
• D)most were forced into working for the railroads.
• E)their more well-established unions won the railroad contracts.

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Definitions:

Guthrie

Edwin Ray Guthrie, a psychologist known for his theory that learning occurs through contiguity between stimuli and responses, not through reinforcement.

S-R Association

Refers to the connection between a stimulus and a response in the context of behavioral psychology, emphasizing how behaviors are learned through associations.

Guthrie

Edwin Ray Guthrie was an influential psychologist known for his theory that learning is largely a matter of contiguity or association between stimuli and responses.

Conditioning Trial

An instance in classical conditioning where the conditioned stimulus is presented with or just before the unconditioned stimulus, leading to learning.