A Party Machine Is a Kind of Local Party Organization

question 102

Multiple Choice

A party machine is a kind of local party organization that

• A)threatens the efficiency of state and national party organizations.
• B)specializes in computerized mass mailings both to raise funds and influence voters on behalf of its candidates.
• C)uses specific and material inducements to win party loyalty and power.
• D)remains strong in most large American cities.
• E)has recently come to depend heavily on ethnic group support.

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Definitions:

Superego

The component of the human psyche in Freudian psychoanalytic theory that holds internalized moral standards and ideals acquired from parents and society, governing over the ego.

Unconscious

The part of the mind that is inaccessible to the conscious mind but that affects behaviors and emotions.

Psychosexual Development

Freud's theory describing how personality develops during childhood through a series of stages centered on erogenous zones.

Oral Stage

The first stage in Freud’s psychosexual development, characterized by an infant's pleasure centers on the mouth.