One Reason There May Be No Delegate Position for Members

question 6

Multiple Choice

One reason there may be no delegate position for members of Congress to take is which of the following?

• A) Many issues are of great concern to their constituents.
• B) Sometimes what constituents want is not really clear.
• C) Technology has made most congressional issues highly visible back home.
• D) Congressional issues rarely cut across a constituency in the same way.
• E) They fear losing their incumbency.

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Definitions:

Dispositional Influences

Internal factors such as beliefs, values, personality traits, and attitudes that guide an individual's behavior.

Confederate

In experiments, a person who is secretly working with the experimenter and is aware of the experiment's aims but pretends to be a participant to manipulate situations as required.

Obedience Research

The study of how individuals comply with orders from an authority figure, often examined within social psychology.

Peripheral Route Persuasion

A method of persuasion that relies on superficial cues or associations, rather than logical argument, to influence people's attitudes or behaviors.