As Compared with Consolidated Democracies and Authoritarian Regimes, Transitional Democracies

question 8

Multiple Choice

As compared with consolidated democracies and authoritarian regimes, transitional democracies are characterized by

• A) more legal protection than consolidated democracies but less than in authoritarian regimes.
• B) more legal protection for economic and social rights but less for political rights.
• C) more protection for civil liberties than either consolidated democracies or authoritarian regimes.
• D) fewer legal protections of citizen rights and liberties than in a consolidated democracy but more than in authoritarian regimes.
• E) fewer legal protections than in either consolidated democracies or authoritarian regimes.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Conflict

A psychological state resulting from the confrontation of contradictory information, beliefs, or perceptions, which can lead to cognitive dissonance and the motivation to change one's thoughts or behaviors.

Assimilation

The cognitive process of fitting new information into existing cognitive schemas, perceptions, and understanding.

Accommodation

In cognitive psychology, the process of altering one's existing schemas, or ways of thinking, as a result of new information or experiences.

Equilibration

The process by which individuals balance assimilation and accommodation to create stable understanding in cognitive development.