What did the eugenics movement in the United States seek to do to disabled people in the 1930s?
a. To release them from institutions
b. To sterilize them
c. To rehabilitate them so they could contribute to society
d. To use them for medical experiments
B Correct Answer: To sterilize them
Feedback for Correct Answer: With most disabled people confined to institutions, continuing prejudice was demonstrated in the 1930s when over thirty states enacted laws permitting involuntary sterilization of people in state funded institutions.
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All of the following reduce behavior by removing a desired stimulus EXCEPT:
a. time out b. response cost c. contingent observation d. noncontingent reinforcement
Educational researchers are interested in determining:
a. The impact of chance alone b. Probabilistic causes c. Post hoc fallacies d. Spurious correlations