Public Opinion Polls Can Be Criticized on the Grounds That

question 5

Multiple Choice

Public opinion polls can be criticized on the grounds that

• A)a survey of a few thousand people cannot possibly yield an accurate picture of American attitudes.
• B)there is clear evidence that polling organizations falsify results.
• C)politicians pay no attention to poll results.
• D)the way a pollster words a question can determine the answer.
• E)the entities that finance administration of the poll skew results for a certain desired outcome.

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Definitions:

Context Effects

The impact of environmental factors on one's perception, cognition, and behavior, demonstrating how context can shape and influence our decisions and judgments.

Prosopagnosia

Prosopagnosia, also known as face blindness, is a neurological disorder characterized by the inability to recognize faces, while other aspects of visual processing and intellectual functioning remain intact.

Top-down Processing

A cognitive process that initiates with our thoughts, which flow down to lower-level functions, such as the senses.

Prosopagnosia

Known as face blindness, this is a disorder in the neurological system that hampers facial recognition abilities.