What Is "Descriptive Representation

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Multiple Choice

What is "descriptive representation"?

• A) legislators acting as though they have a simple mandate to carry out voter desires
• B) shared demographic traits between legislators and constituents
• C) legislators acting on behalf of collective, national interests
• D) legislators responding differently to constituents on the basis of how salient an issue is to the public
• E) legislators ignoring the needs of constituents

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Definitions:

Significant Progress

Notable advancement or improvement in a particular task or area.

Sigmund Freud

An Austrian neurologist who founded psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Client-centred Therapy

A humanistic psychotherapy approach founded by Carl Rogers, emphasizing an individual's ability to self-heal and self-realize in a supportive, non-judgmental environment.

Systematic Desensitization

A therapeutic technique used to help individuals overcome phobias and anxiety disorders through gradual exposure to the feared object or situation.