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The French social theorist Jean-François Lyotard described contemporary culture in this way: “One listens to reggae, watches a Western, eats McDonald’s food for lunch and local cuisine for dinner, wears Paris perfume in Tokyo and ‘retro’ clothes in Hong Kong.” He was writing about postmodernism, but what concept can help explain this mishmash of activities?
A. Technological determinism
B. Interpretive communities
C. Counterculture
D. Cultural diffusion
Answer:
The correct answer is letter D. cultural diffusion.
Explanation:
The term cultural diffusion refers to the spreading of cultural beliefs, traits, patterns, and social activities from a central point - from a group of people to another or others. The process of cultural diffusion happens now with a certain ease when compared to the past, due to advancements in technology, communication, and transportation. That is why people at opposite sides of the world may very well have the same religion, or eat the same food.
Gamblers and fisherman sometimes have a difficult time controlling their need to gamble and fish, respectively, because of the <u>Variable-ratio </u>schedule of reinforcement.
Explanation:
A schedule of reinforcement is part of operant conditioning which states about instances when a behavior will be reinforced, whether with each time, or none at all.
Reinforcements (positive or negative) aim to strengthen a behavior. Variable-ration schedule is a part of partial reinforcement which leads response to be reinforced only at part of the time.
Variable-ratio schedule occurs when a reinforcement results in a steady response rate with reinforcements after an unpredictable number of responses, like after 2, 4, 5, 9 and so on.
When a gambler gambles the first time, he/she may not win; the second time also none; so decides to quit and leave but finally decides to play one last time and wins at that time. This win reinforces him/her to gamble again. The same thing happens with fishermen also when they cannot fish for the first few attempts but finally succeeds which will make them to do fishing again.
Answer:
History Behind the Wilderness Road. The earliest origins of the Wilderness Road were the traces, or trails, created by the great herds of buffalo that once roamed the region.
Explanation:
Daniel Boone & the Transylvania Company. ...
Blazing a Historic Trail. ...
Westward Movement. ...
Answer:
Belief Perseverance.
Explanation:
Belief Perseverance is the term that is referred to as the belief system that one still holds onto initial beliefs. In this, a person tends to cling to their initial belief even after their beliefs are contradicted by the new information.
Such people remain stubborn even after when others have tried to change their notion or idea about something.
The term is referred so because in it a person tends to cling to a previous belief system so beliefs persevere.
So, the correct answer is Belief Perseverance.