Jimmy Carter Won the Democratic Party Nomination for President in 1976

question 4

Multiple Choice

Jimmy Carter won the Democratic Party nomination for president in 1976 and went on to win the presidency. Carter was considered a low-key outsider who was not the first pick of the party power elites. How did Carter win the Democratic primary election?

• A) He swayed the party leaders to back his candidacy.
• B) Many consider the 1976 election as a "stolen election."
• C) Carter won enough primary votes in the southern states that he did not need states from other areas of the country.
• D) Carter was the only major candidate running for president in 1976.
• E) He was the first to appeal directly to the primary voters and gain their support.

---

Definitions:

Empathic

Referring to the capacity to understand and share the feelings or emotions of another person.

Behaviorism

A psychological perspective focusing on observable behaviors and the external stimuli that influence them, often disregarding internal states.

Conditioned Stimulus (CS)

In classical conditioning, a previously neutral stimulus that, after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.

Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without prior conditioning.