How Many "Faces," or Spheres of Operation, Do American Political

question 37

Multiple Choice

How many "faces," or spheres of operation, do American political parties have?

• A) two
• B) three
• C) four
• D) five
• E) six

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Definitions:

Latent Learning

Latent learning refers to knowledge that is acquired without immediate evidence of any change in behavior, which is revealed under certain conditions.

Learned Helplessness

A condition marked by an individual's struggle with feeling incapable, stemming from experiencing trauma or constant unsuccessful attempts.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior, through which associations are made between a behavior and the consequences for that behavior.

Extinction

In the study of psychology, this term describes the slow reduction and final elimination of a conditioned response due to the absence of pairing between the conditioned and unconditioned stimuli.