What Is a Potential Problem with Legislation That Does Not

question 64

Multiple Choice

What is a potential problem with legislation that does not give bureaucrats a sufficient amount of discretion in implementing policy?

• A) It makes it difficult for bureaucrats to respond to developments not foreseen in the legislation.
• B) It usually means that the bureaucrats look for other ways to implement their own policy views in practice.
• C) It oversteps the separation of powers by constraining the president's role as chief executive.
• D) It gives the president more control over Congress.

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Definitions:

Retroactive Interference

A memory phenomenon where newly learned information interferes with the recall of previously learned information.

Encoding Specificity Principle

A principle that suggests the recall of information is improved when the contexts present at encoding and retrieval are similar.

Depth-Of-Processing Principle

A theory suggesting the depth (shallow to deep) of mental processing affects memory recall, with deeper processing leading to better recall.

Serial-Order Effect

a phenomenon observed in psychology where the position of an item in a sequence affects the likelihood of its recall.