Directions: Read Each Question Carefully and Write Your Responses Using

question 41

Multiple Choice

Directions: Read each question carefully and write your responses using complete sentences; an outline or bulleted list alone is not acceptable.
-The excerpt demonstrates the continuation of which of the following trends from the period 1980 to the present?

• A) Public confidence and trust in government was shaken by political scandals.
• B) Conservative control of government in the 1980s was declining.
• C) Reagan did not support deregulation or reducing taxation.
• D) Public trust in government increased as Conservatives took power in the 1980s.

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Definitions:

Productivity

The effectiveness and efficiency with which resources are used to produce goods and services.

Hawthorne Effects

Refers to the alteration of behavior by the subjects of a study due to their awareness of being observed.

Covert Observational Methods

Research methods involving observing subjects without their knowledge, used in psychological and sociological research to gather unperturbed behavioral data.

Groupthink

A psychological phenomenon where the desire for group harmony leads to irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcomes.