At a Noisy Party, You Are Able to Focus on What

question 17

Multiple Choice

At a noisy party, you are able to focus on what your girlfriend is telling you while "tuning out" the other conversations around you. What principle governs this ability?

• A) Freudian
• B) grounding
• C) focal
• D) Gestalt

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Definitions:

Electoral Politics

The branch of politics that deals with elections and voting as a means for the electorate to select candidates to hold public office.

Racial Inequality

The unequal treatment or perceptions of individuals based on their race, leading to disparities in wealth, healthcare, education, and employment among other sectors.

Grandfather Clauses

Provisions that allowed individuals to bypass literacy tests, poll taxes, or other barriers to voting if their grandfathers had been eligible to vote, effectively disenfranchising many African Americans.

Enfranchised

Granted the right to vote or provided with a privilege, service, or access that was previously restricted.