Studies Show That Legislators Vote in Conformity with the Prevailing

question 107

True/False

Studies show that legislators vote in conformity with the prevailing opinion of their district constituents about two-thirds of the time.

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Definitions:

Lever Pressing

Lever pressing is a behavior often studied in laboratory animals, where pressing a lever results in a reward or outcome, used in research on learning and conditioning.

Food Pellets

Small, compressed units of food often used in animal feeding and experimental research owing to their uniformity in size and composition.

Negative Reinforcement

A behavioral principle where the removal of an unpleasant stimulus strengthens a behavior or increases its likelihood of being repeated.

Nagging

The act of persistently annoying or finding fault with someone, often about trivial matters, in a manner that is repetitive and often irritating.