The Term Iron Triangle Refers to the ______

question 44

Multiple Choice

The term iron triangle refers to the ______.

• A) phenomenon of members of interest groups, congressional committees, and bureaucratic agencies cooperating for mutual benefit
• B) practice of business, labor, and consumer groups maintaining a united front against burdensome bureaucratic regulations
• C) alliances made by different parts of the bureaucracy to prevent a presidential reorganization
• D) control that presidents, members of Congress, and judges have over the bureaucracy
• E) long-standing relationships among senators, representatives, and their constituents

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Definitions:

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember information at the beginning of a list better than the information that follows.

Recency Effect

The tendency to recall the last items in a sequence more readily than those in the middle.

Sensory Decay

The decline in the ability of a sensory system to detect or accurately interpret information over time or due to external factors.

Retrograde Amnesia

A loss of memory for experiences that occurred shortly before a loss of consciousness.