Which of the Following Best Describes the Minimalist Paradigm

question 63

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the minimalist paradigm?

• A)Individuals have sufficient political knowledge to vote and take political action.
• B)People have insufficient capacity to acquire political knowledge and cannot make rational political decisions.
• C)Most people fall short of what we expect them to know, think about, and pay attention to in the complicated world of politics and policy.
• D)Most citizens do not need to acquire political information or civic education, and governments run with minimal interaction from their citizenry.

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Definitions:

Neonates

Newborn babies, especially those less than a month old.

Speech Sounds

The auditory symbols used in language communication, produced by the movement of the speech apparatus.

Axons

Long, threadlike parts of nerve cells along which impulses are conducted from the cell body to other cells.

Neurons

Specialized cells in the nervous system that transmit information to other nerve cells, muscle, or gland cells.