Which of the Following Best Explains Why Special Interest Groups

question 106

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best explains why special interest groups maintain so much power in the U.S. political process?

• A) Special interest groups typically represent the largest U.S. companies, and hence get a lot of media attention.
• B) Special interest groups stand to gain millions if particular laws are passed and lobby very hard for them; whereas voters stand to lose only a little and don't find opposing them worth their effort.
• C) Both special interest groups as well as voters lobby politicians hard regarding certain legislation, however special interest groups typically win out because they have more money.
• D) Special interest groups have been powerful in the past because of their ties to wealth; however, their power has been dwindling in recent years.

Appreciate the inherent subjectivity of consciousness and perspectives on experiencing other states of being.

Understand the basic principles and concepts of perception.

Recognize the role of feature detectors in the perception process.

Define and provide examples of mondegreens.

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Definitions:

Range

The difference between the highest and lowest values in a dataset; it measures the extent of variability within the data.

Skewed

A description of the asymmetry in the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable, where the tail of the distribution is longer on either the right (positively skewed) or the left (negatively skewed) side.

Sample Mean

The average value of a set of data points collected from a sample of a population.

Median

The middle value of a data set when it is ordered from least to greatest, effectively splitting the data set into two equal parts.