(Consider This) Voter Failure Describes the Situation Where

question 122

Multiple Choice

(Consider This) Voter failure describes the situation where

• A) an insufficient number of voters turn out to express their preferences.
• B) voter preferences cannot be adequately captured because of a voting paradox.
• C) voters support policies that would reduce productive and allocative efficiency.
• D) government officials make poor decisions that contradict voter preferences.

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Definitions:

Rescorla-Wagner Model

A model of classical conditioning that proposes that learning is determined by the extent to which a unconditioned stimulus is unexpected or surprising.

Conditioned Strength

The extent to which a conditioned stimulus can elicit a strong and reliable conditioned response after associative learning has occurred.

Unconditioned Stimulus

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

CS Preexposure Effect

The phenomenon where prior exposure to a conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus can inhibit the formation of a conditioned response when both are later paired.