Voting Based on the Trustee Model Can Harm a Congress

question 35

Multiple Choice

Voting based on the trustee model can harm a Congress member's political career because

• A) it can go against the national interest.
• B) it can lose support for the member among party leaders.
• C) it can go against the views of constituents back home.
• D) it forces members to spend too much time fund-raising.

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Definitions:

Indiscriminable Contingencies

Situations where it is not clear to the individual what behavior is being reinforced because the reinforcement schedule is unpredictable, increasing the behavior's resistance to extinction.

Common Social Stimuli

Elements or signals in social environments that elicit responses or behaviors from individuals, often studied in psychology and sociology.

Common Physical Stimuli

External factors that elicit sensory or physiological responses from individuals, often used in experiments to examine reactions and behaviors.

Natural Settings

Environments or situations that have not been artificially manipulated or controlled, often used in research to observe behavior in real-world conditions.