When Two or More Interest Groups Challenge Each Other on the Same

question 22

Multiple Choice

When two or more interest groups challenge each other on the same policy, this is an example of:

• A) Interest group war
• B) Countervailing forces
• C) Mutually assured destruction
• D) Poor leadership

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequences, including rewards and punishments.

Respondent Behavior

A type of behavior that occurs as an automatic response to a specific stimulus, often reflexive and not under conscious control, such as knee-jerk reactions.

Shaping

A method of teaching new behaviors by rewarding successive approximations of the target behavior.

Reinforcement

In psychology, a stimulus or event that follows a behavior and increases the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.