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Politics Is Increasingly Organized by Political Parties

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Politics is increasingly organized by political parties. If you were a new member of Congress today what are two things, related to party influence, you might experience in your first term that members joining the institution for the first time in the mid-20th century might not have experienced?


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Situational Attribution

The explanation of someone's behavior as being caused by external factors, conditions, or situations.

Dispositional Attribution

The tendency to attribute people's behaviors to their character or innate qualities rather than to external environmental factors.

Foot-In-The-Door Phenomenon

A psychological tactic where getting a person to agree to a small request makes them more likely to agree to a larger request later.

Attitude

A psychological construct consisting of cognitive, affective, and behavioral components that reflects a person's likes or dislikes and predispositions toward certain ideas, objects, people, or situations.

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