Which of the Following Statements Best Supports the Assertion That

question 25

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best supports the assertion that collective public opinion is rational?

• A) Many critics of government benefit programs like Social Security, Medicare, and unemployment insurance receive benefits from these very same programs.
• B) Middle-class and lower-income Americans tend to support government policies that make their economic positions worse.
• C) Many Americans who protested the decision of the Supreme Court, in 2012, to uphold the Affordable Care Act did not know very much about what was in the law.
• D) When the country is prosperous and ordinary Americans are doing well and feeling confident about the future, presidential approval ratings tend to be high.
• E) People have only vague, media-provided pictures in their heads of what goes on in the world.

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Definitions:

Tax Burdens

The financial strain placed on individuals or businesses by the requirement to pay taxes, often described in terms of its impact on economic wellbeing.

Financial Crisis

A situation in which the value of financial institutions or assets drops rapidly, leading to a loss of wealth and uncertainty in financial markets.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs through associations between an environmental stimulus and a naturally occurring stimulus, leading to a learned response.

Respondent Behavior

Respondent behavior refers to automatic responses elicited by specific stimuli, often seen in classical conditioning scenarios.