A Democratic Transition

question 31

Multiple Choice

A democratic transition

• A) begins when the authoritarian government collapses or starts negotiations with the opposition about stepping down.
• B) begins after democratic consolidation takes place.
• C) always begins after the outbreak of civil war.
• D) requires some type of United Nations intervention.
• E) is almost impossible to stop once it has begun.

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Definitions:

Cue Overload

A principle of memory that states a retrieval cue will be most effective when it is highly distinctive and not related to any other target memories.

Distinctive

Having a quality or characteristic that makes something easily identifiable and sets it apart from others.

Mood-dependent Memory Effect

The phenomenon where an individual's current mood affects the recall of memories congruent with that mood.

State-Dependent Learning

The phenomenon that recall is easier when the pharmacological state of the person at recall matches his or her pharmacological state during encoding.