According to the Textbook, What Is the Problem with Most

question 105

Multiple Choice

According to the textbook, what is the problem with most of the world's democracies that results in them being less than "genuine democracies"?

• A) elections are most often "rigged" in other nations
• B) elections often have only one candidate for people to "freely" choose
• C) legal protection of rights and freedoms for large classes of people is still missing
• D) legal elections are still far from the norm; most democratic elections are held covertly

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Definitions:

Cognitive Health

A state of mental well-being where an individual has an optimal level of cognitive functioning, including memory, thinking, reasoning, and the ability to learn.

Anorexia Nervosa

An eating disorder characterized by an abnormally low body weight, an intense fear of gaining weight, and a distorted perception of body weight or shape.

Bulimia Nervosa

An eating disorder marked by repeated episodes of binge eating followed by compensatory behaviors such as purging, fasting, or excessive exercise.

Dieting

The practice of eating food in a regulated and supervised fashion to decrease, maintain, or increase body weight, or to prevent and treat diseases.