A System Through Which Citizens Communicate with Their Elected Officials

question 55

Multiple Choice

A system through which citizens communicate with their elected officials through phone calls, emails, or personal visits would best be described as which of the following?

• A) census taking
• B) indirect communication
• C) constituent polling
• D) direct communication

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Definitions:

Increases

Situations in which there is a rise in number, volume, significance, or magnitude of a particular variable or condition.

Polarization

In social psychology, the phenomenon wherein a group's prevailing attitudes or beliefs become more extreme over time; in physics, it refers to the orientation of waves such that the oscillations occur in particular directions.

Group Discussion

A form of collaborative verbal interaction where multiple individuals address a topic or problem to reach a conclusion or share insights.

Risky Shift

The tendency for a group decision to be riskier than the average decision made by the individual group members.