In Canada, Voters Typically Choose Between Three or More Candidates

question 45

Multiple Choice

In Canada, voters typically choose between three or more candidates in an election, which can lead to situations where

• A) actors in the political system are presumed to follow their own self-interest.
• B) there will be a disproportionately large impact on conservative politicians.
• C) there will be a disproportionately large impact on liberal politicians.
• D) it becomes impossible for the majority to decide who it prefers.

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Definitions:

Encoding

The process by which information is transformed into a format that can be stored in memory.

Storage

In cognitive psychology, the retention of information or experiences in the brain for later retrieval, an essential component of the memory process.

Retrieval

The process of accessing and recalling information or memories from one's mind.

Fuzzy Trace Theory

States that memory is best understood by considering two types of memory representations: (1) verbatim memory trace; and (2) fuzzy trace, or gist. According to this theory, older children’s better memory is attributed to the fuzzy traces created by extracting the gist of information.