Your Psychology Instructor Divides the Class into Partners

question 5

Multiple Choice

Your psychology instructor divides the class into partners.You are blindfolded and your partner places decreasing weights on the back of your hand until you can only detect the smallest weight half the time. You have just determined your ____________ for touch.

• A) adaptive threshold
• B) adaptation rate
• C) absolute threshold
• D) difference threshold

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Definitions:

Dealignment

A trend among voters to abandon their previous political party affiliations, without replacing these attachments with a new party.

Partisan Attachment

A psychological identification with a political party that can influence voting behavior, policy preferences, and perceptions of government and society.

Split-Ticket Voting

Refers to the practice of voting for candidates of different political parties for different offices in the same election.

Voter ID

Laws requiring individuals to present government-issued identification as a condition to vote, intended to prevent voter fraud.