What Kind of System Is in Place When Political Power

question 140

Multiple Choice

What kind of system is in place when political power is concentrated into the hands of a few and when most of the public is relatively politically powerless?

• A) a state-centred system
• B) an elite system
• C) a pluralist system
• D) a power resource system

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies used unconsciously to protect oneself from anxiety arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings.

Repression

In psychoanalytic theory, the unconscious exclusion of painful impulses, desires, or fears from the conscious mind.

Defense Mechanism

psychological strategies brought into play by the unconscious mind to manipulate, deny, or distort reality in order to defend against feelings of anxiety and unacceptable impulses.

Repression

A defense mechanism where distressing thoughts and feelings are unconsciously blocked from conscious awareness.