Psychology Answers

If you ask a student to choose between getting an A at the end of a course or getting a D and a beer at the end of the course, most students would choose the former. If you ask students to choose between studying right now or going to a bar right now, however, many will choose the latter. According to the _____ model, this can be explained by the _____ value of a small reward when it is _____.

a. ​Ainslie–Rachlin; increasing; far away

b. ​Ainslie–Rachlin; increasing; imminent

c. ​controlled-response; increasing; imminent

d. ​controlled-response; decreasing; far away

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Which of the following statements about the social order at the cape by the end of the voc period are accurate?

A.the "inboek" system that developed in the cape interior during the 18th century was a less exploitative labour system than slavery.

B.manual labour was regarded as something done only by black people and was "beneath" white people.

C.racial consciousness and racial stereotyping were not widely developed features of cape society.

D.khoesan,xhosa and sotho-tswana people in the interior came to be seen as potential sources of labour rather than free people with their own rights.

1.a,c.

2.b,d.

3.a,b,c.

4.a,c,d.

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In what ways was slave resistance a constant feature of cape society during the voc period?

A.individual acts of resistance,which took many different forms,were frequent and widespread.

B.slave resistance was localized rather than organized across different sectors of cape society.

C.almost all slaves were willing to participate in acts of resistance against their conditions of exploitation.

D.a number of slave leaders emerged at the end of the voc period although they were not able to organize mass revolt.

1.a,d.

2.b,c.

3.a,b.

4.c,d.

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For what reasons do historians sometimes argue that the slave system at the cape hindered economic development and caused the cape to remain an undiversified economy throughout the voc period?

A.money that could have been invested in developing farms,towns and infrastructure was instead spent on slave labour.

B.although slave traders did invest a considerable amount of their money in the cape economy,this was an inefficient form of investment.

C.the dependence on slave labour meant that other forms of labour and production that might have been more efficient were never explored.

D.the cape remained technologically backward because reliance on slave labour meant that there was no need to implement alternative strategies.

1.a,c,d.

2.b,d.

3.c,d.

4.a,b,c.

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Why were levels of manumission at the cape during the voc period very low?

A.slave owners were reluctant to support freed slaves economically after giving them freedom,as required by the law.

B.even though many slaves achieved a certain level of education,this was not sufficient for them to be granted freedom.

C.slaves were a costly investment for slave owners,who therefore wished to gain an income from the labour of their slaves for as long as possible.

D.many slaves became christian converts,but too many other requirements for manumission meant that they remained slaves

1.a,b.

2.c,d.

3.b,c,d.

4.a,c.

How does name given children affect their social emotional development?

For what reason was it difficult for most slaves at the cape to develop a stable family life during the voc period?

1.slaves were able to marry in terms of the law,but they found it difficult to access the courts to recognize their marriages.

2.children born to slave parents automatically received their freedom,creating tensions between parents.

3.the ratio of male to female slaves meant that may men were unable to find wives or partners.

4.even though slave families were always sold together as a unit,regular sales to new owners undermined family unity.

Which of the following is the best definition of a mandoor?

1.a voc employee who supervised slaves on the pastoral farms of the cape interior.

2.a person, who was also called a free black,who was paid by the voc to supervise work projects.

3.a slave,often born at the cape,who was responsible for discipline within the slave lodge in cape town.

4.a skilled slave who acted as an interpreter between other slaves and voc officials in cape town.

It is often claimed that the group of slaves who had the best living and working conditions at the cape were the........

1.slaves owned by the voc in cape town.

2.male slaves on the rural farms of the south western cape.

3.female slaves who lived in the slave lodge in cape town.

4.privately owned slaves in cape town.

Which of the following statements about the legal rights and status of slaves at the cape during the voc period is most accurate?

1.slaves were able to sue slave owners in courts in cases of abuse and offered reasonable chances by the legal system to pursue the case.

2.civil law at the cape denied slaves the same rights as enjoyed by free citizens,such as rights to own property,make wills and conclude legal contracts.

3.the operation of the law at the cape gave all people an equal chance to purse justice in cases where they had grievances against others.

4.because slaves were defined in law as the property of their owners,this gave them strong protection within the legal system.

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What was the most common way in which slave owners were able to source their supply of slaves?

1.foreign slave traders.

2.individual travellers.

3.internal slave auctions.

4. Voc slave traders.

In which sector of the economy was the majority of slaves who were employed at the cape to be found?

1.wine and wheat farms in the south western cape.

2.voc projects in cape town.

3.private households in cape town.

4.pastoral farms in the cape interior.