How Can High Levels of Popularity Trap Presidents

question 90

Multiple Choice

How can high levels of popularity trap presidents?

• A) Expectations of his success will increase
• B) He will have no incentive to avoid failure
• C) His influence with Congress will be diminished
• D) The myth of an all-powerful president will be debunked

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Definitions:

Attitudes

Mental inclinations demonstrated through assessing a specific entity with a certain level of preference or aversion.

Kitty Genovese

A woman whose 1964 murder in New York City became famous due to the alleged inaction of numerous witnesses, later prompting the study of the bystander effect.

Assault

An act of physical violence or a threat that places someone in immediate fear of bodily harm or offensive contact.

Bystander

A person who is present at an event or incident but does not take part.