What Is the Logical-Outgrowth Test

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Essay

What is the logical-outgrowth test?

Understand how and why political parties engage in micro-targeting and other campaign strategies.

Distinguish between internal and external mobilization strategies used by political parties.

Recognize the role of incumbency in electoral politics.

Identify key historical moments that led to the rise or fall of political parties.

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Definitions:

Unwanted Response

A reaction, often in the context of behavior or psychology, that is not desired or intended, sometimes resulting from external stimuli or internal conflicts.

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency for the conditioned response to be evoked by stimuli that are similar to the stimulus that was originally used to condition the response.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with an unconditioned stimulus.

Primary Reinforcer

A stimulus that is naturally rewarding and satisfies a basic biological need, such as food or water.