A Member of Congress Will Often Have Trouble Voting on an Issue

question 56

Multiple Choice

A member of Congress will often have trouble voting on an issue such as abortion because

• A)few people care about the issues, so a vote may be seen as wasted time.
• B)there is a clear majority opinion.
• C)members do not know the intricacies of abortion law.
• D)state policies vary dramatically.
• E)people feel passionately on both sides of the issue, so the member will always upset a large group of people, not matter how he or she votes.

Understand the phenomena of extinction, spontaneous recovery, and generalization within classical conditioning.

Demonstrate knowledge of how conditioned emotional responses are developed and their impacts.

Comprehend the biological constraints on classical conditioning.

Understand how classical conditioning can be applied in real-world scenarios, including therapy and behavior modification.

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