The Election of State Judges Can Make Courts More ________

question 16

Multiple Choice

The election of state judges can make courts more ________, but it potentially undercuts their role in ________.

• A) responsive to special interests; looking after the public
• B) responsive to public opinion; protecting minority rights
• C) representative of different constituencies; standing up for the majority
• D) political; being fair
• E) democratic; being nonpartisan

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Definitions:

Working Memory

A cognitive system that holds and manipulates information in short-term memory for reasoning and guidance of decision-making and behavior.

Maintenance Rehearsal

Using working memory processes to repeat information based on how it sounds (auditory information); provides only shallow encoding of information and less successful long-term storage.

Elaborative Rehearsal

Using working memory processes to think about how new information relates to yourself or your prior knowledge (semantic information); provides deeper encoding of information for more successful long-term storage.

Dual Coding

A theory suggesting that information is stored in both verbal and visual forms to facilitate memory retention.