The National Interest Is Usually Defined by

question 165

Multiple Choice

The national interest is usually defined by

• A) Congress.
• B) the American people.
• C) a small number of national security advisers and other executive branch officials.
• D) the president, alone.
• E) All of the above

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Definitions:

Influence Of Reward

The effect that a reward has on motivating and modifying behavior; key in the study of both operant and classical conditioning.

Cognitive Approach

A perspective in psychology that emphasizes mental processes such as perception, memory, and problem-solving as the basis of behavior.

Mental Processes

Cognitive activities and operations that involve thinking, reasoning, problem-solving, and processing information.

Excitatory Potential

The potential for a neuron to be activated or excited, leading it to transmit an electrical impulse.