Corporate and Business Interest Groups Are the Most Numerous and Powerful

question 65

Multiple Choice

Corporate and business interest groups are the most numerous and powerful of all interest groups because ______.

• A) they are concerned with only one or two issues
• B) the government plays a key role in regulating the economy and setting the rules for economic competition
• C) they provide collective benefits
• D) they provide expressive benefits to overcome the free rider problem
• E) none of the above

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Definitions:

Cross-Sectional Study

A research methodology that examines a varied population at a single point in time to investigate the prevalence of, or the relationships between, variables.

Experimental Study

A study method in which variables are controlled and manipulated to establish cause-and-effect relationships between them.

Quantitative Change

Quantitative change refers to changes in amount or quantity, often measurable, such as height, weight, or volume, as opposed to qualitative changes which involve the nature or type of something.

Centration

A cognitive inability in early childhood to focus on more than one aspect of a situation simultaneously.