What Long-Standing Consensus About Human Nature Did Locke Challenge in His

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Multiple Choice

What long-standing consensus about human nature did Locke challenge in his Essay Concerning Human Understanding?

• A)People are inherently depraved and sinful.
• B)Peasants who gain wealth become unruly.
• C)Women should engage only in household affairs.
• D)Human nature is shaped by education not birth.
• E)Progress itself is a general law of nature.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction or behavior in response to a conditioned stimulus.

Red Light

A red light is commonly used in traffic signals to indicate a command to stop, or it can also refer to a wavelength of light perceived as red.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, evokes a conditioned response.

Neutral Stimulus

An object or event that initially produces no specific response other than focusing attention, until it is associated with a significant event.