Bernardine Is Politically Active and Goes to Nearly Every Rally

question 21

Multiple Choice

Bernardine is politically active and goes to nearly every rally. She and her friends feel a responsibility to speak out against what they view as injustices. New legislation calls for all protesters to be imprisoned without trial. This is an example of what?

• A) bill of attainder
• B) ex post facto law
• C) violation of due process
• D) violation of civil rights and liberties

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Definitions:

Encodes

The process by which genetic information is chemically converted into RNA and protein in living organisms, or, more broadly, the process of converting data into a particular form.

Short-Term Memory

The capacity for holding a small amount of information in mind in an active, readily available state for a short period of time.

Capacity

The maximum amount that something can contain or the ability of something, whether physical or mental, to perform, produce, or withstand.

Atkinson-Shiffrin Model

A theory of human memory that proposes memory is composed of three main components: sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory.