What Was the Moral Majority

question 45

Multiple Choice

What was the Moral Majority?

• A) the name for the party within Congress that held the majority of seats at a given time and that was tasked with ensuring that the government define morality in terms of the current leanings of voters
• B) a group of scientists who filed a series of lawsuits to keep Darwinian evolution in school textbooks and curricula by making arguments regarding the ethics of the distribution of knowledge
• C) an organization that campaigned for the political and social objectives of the Christian Right, including the reversal of the legalization of abortion and the reduction of the size of the government
• D) a social movement that was sympathetic toward communism and urged the American people to identify with the Soviet population and call for a peaceful end to the cold war
• E) a club Reagan had begun while in college that merged politics and Christian worship and continuously gained momentum throughout his career, culminating in his rise to fame

Appreciate the distinction between informational and normative social influences on behavior.

Learn about the cultural differences in conformity and the factors that influence it.

Understand the basic concepts of corporate acquisitions, mergers, and takeovers.

Identify and differentiate among various types of acquisitions (e.g., horizontal, vertical, conglomerate).

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Definitions:

Neurotransmitters

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Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

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Biological Rhythms

The natural cycles of change in bodily functions or activities, including sleep-wake cycles and hormonal changes, that occur in a predictable pattern.

Activation-Synthesis Theory

A theory of dreaming that proposes dreams are the result of the brain trying to make sense of random neural activity that occurs during sleep.