Which of the Following Statements Best Describes Endorsements During the 2016

question 42

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best describes endorsements during the 2016 Republican Party presidential primary campaign?

• A)Trump won the party's nomination because nearly every Republican member of Congress endorsed him for president.
• B)Trump won the party's nomination despite the fact that he was endorsed by only half of the Republican members of Congress.
• C)Trump won the party's nomination despite the fact that only a small handful of Republican members of Congress endorsed him for president.
• D)Trump won the party's nomination despite the fact that he received zero endorsements from Republican members of Congress.

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Definitions:

Behavior Reinforcement

The process of strengthening a behavior by providing a consequence that encourages the repetition of that behavior.

Classical Conditioning

The process of learning through the repeated association of two stimuli; over time, a response originally elicited by the second one becomes elicited by the first one alone.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any prior learning.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response.