Which Statement Explains Why Public Opinion Is an Important Consideration

question 55

Multiple Choice

Which statement explains why public opinion is an important consideration for both democratic and authoritarian governments?

• A)Public opinion provides leaders with smart policy ideas.
• B)Manipulating public opinion is necessary to maintain social control.
• C)Every society needs to have uniformity of public opinion to remain strong.
• D)Strong public dissent can lead to an electoral defeat or the collapse of the regime.

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Definitions:

Optic Nerve

The nerve responsible for conducting visual data from the retina to the brain.

Visual Receptors

Cells located in the retina that are sensitive to light and play a key role in vision by converting light energy into neural signals.

Retina

A layer at the back of the eyeball containing cells that are sensitive to light and trigger nerve impulses that pass via the optic nerve to the brain, where a visual image is formed.

Trichromatic Theory

A theory of color vision proposing that the human eye has three types of receptors with different sensitivities to light wavelengths, responsible for the perception of color.