Describe the Victorian American view of women and men.
What will be an ideal response?
In Victorian America, women were perceived to have little sexual desire. It was thought that a woman should have only reproductive desire, and she was viewed as a nymphomaniac if she desired sex. Women were viewed as responsible to tame men and as being sexually passive and inexperienced. Men were viewed as aggressive, with raging sexual appetites, and were considered dangerous and uncontrollable.
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a. self-esteem b. emotional intelligence c. artistic talent d. capacity to act purposefully
Any stimulus that, when presented, increases the likelihood that a behavior will continue is called a(n)
a. positive reinforcer. c. conditioned stimulus. b. negative reinforcer. d. unconditioned stimulus.
The pituitary gland regulates puberty changes by signaling other glands to release hormones.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
What is the term for the actual age of the child taking the intelligence test?
a) standard age b) chronological/physical age c) intelligence quotient d) mental age