Polls Not Only Measure Public Opinion; They Also

question 26

Multiple Choice

Polls not only measure public opinion; they also

• A) allow public opinion to change.
• B) influence public opinion.
• C) make public opinion less arbitrary.
• D) create legal precedents.
• E) educate the respondents.

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Definitions:

Distributed Practice

Spacing the study of material to be remembered by including breaks between study periods.

Cramming

An intensive, short-term study technique characterized by long hours of continuous study just before an exam.

Spacing Studying

The practice of distributing learning sessions or practice over time, rather than condensing them into short blocks, to improve long-term memory retention.

Hindsight Bias

The tendency to believe, after an event has occurred, that one would have predicted or expected the event, often referred to as the "I-knew-it-all-along" phenomenon.