Ways in Which Issues Come to Be Identified as Problems

question 24

Multiple Choice

Ways in which issues come to be identified as problems include

• A) a crisis occurring.
• B) letters from the constituents to members of Congress.
• C) information provided by interest groups.
• D) reading the local newspaper.
• E) All the above are true.

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Definitions:

Separate Knowing

An approach to knowledge and learning emphasizing detachment, objectivity, rationality, rigor, and attempts to find flaws or loopholes in arguments or knowledge.

Connected Knowing

An approach to knowledge and learning emphasizing the relevance of context and personal experience.

Field Dependence

A cognitive style that refers to an individual's tendency to perceive and rely on the visual field as a whole for information processing, as opposed to focusing on details independently from the background.

Effect Size

Effect size is a quantitative measure of the strength of a phenomenon or the magnitude of a difference between groups in an experiment, often used in statistical analysis.