Primary Groups of Policy Makers That Are Actively Involved in Achieving

question 57

Multiple Choice

Primary groups of policy makers that are actively involved in achieving a nation'sU.S.economic policy objectives include all of the following EXCEPT:

• A)the Federal Reserve System
• B)the President
• C)Congress
• D)all of the above are primary policy makers

Assess the influence of external actors, including interest groups, committee staffers, and executive agencies, on Congress.

Understand the importance of cognitive processes in operant conditioning.

Recognize the role of latent learning in behavior without immediate reinforcement.

Identify the mechanisms and examples of classical conditioning.

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Definitions:

Internal Attribution

The process of explaining one's own behavior or the behavior of others by attributing causes to internal characteristics or dispositions.

Noncausal Attribution

The assignment of a cause to an event or behavior without evidence of a direct cause-and-effect relationship.

External Attribution

The process of attributing the cause of one's own or others' behavior to external factors or situations.

Stable External

A term used to describe factors outside an individual that are consistent and unchanging, influencing behavior or circumstances.