Studies of Americans Who Engage in "Contacting Behavior" Like Complaining

question 13

Multiple Choice

Studies of Americans who engage in "contacting behavior" like complaining to city hall find

• A)they are not more likely to vote than other Americans.
• B)they tend to be of low socioeconomic status.
• C)they demand more of the national government than of local government.
• D)they are more focused on elected officials representing their views than on providing city services.
• E)they tend to have a lower favorable opinion about government.

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Definitions:

American Behaviorism

A school of psychology that focuses on observable behaviors and disregards mental processes.

John B. Watson

An American psychologist who is considered one of the founders of behaviorism, emphasizing the study of observable behavior.

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency for the conditioned response to be evoked by stimuli that are similar to the stimulus used during the original conditioning.

Conditioned Fear

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has been repeatedly paired with an aversive stimulus, leading to an anticipatory fear response.