How Does the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

question 102

Multiple Choice

How does the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment differ from the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment?

• A) The Fourteenth Amendment clause protects individuals from violations of their rights by state governments; the Fifth Amendment protects individuals from violations of their rights by the federal government.
• B) The Fourteenth Amendment clause guarantees both substantive and procedural due process but the Fifth Amendment clause does not.
• C) The Fourteenth Amendment clause protects individuals against violation of their rights by private individuals as well as the government.
• D) The Fourteenth Amendment clause requires the application of strict scrutiny in all cases.

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Definitions:

Piagetian Process

An aspect of cognitive development theory defined by Jean Piaget, focusing on how children acquire knowledge and through what stages they progress.

Accommodation

In psychology, the process of modifying existing cognitive schemas, perceptions, and understanding so that new information can be integrated.

Assimilation

A cognitive process in developmental psychology where individuals integrate new information into existing schemas or frameworks.

Equilibration

A mechanism that Piaget proposed to explain how children shift from one stage of thought to the next. The shift occurs as children experience cognitive conflict, or disequilibrium, in trying to understand the world. Eventually, they resolve the conflict and reach a balance, or equilibrium, of thought.