In "Going Public," Interest Groups

question 118

Multiple Choice

In "going public," interest groups

• A)extend membership to a broader range of people.
• B)use advertising and public relations to enhance their image.
• C)bring class action suits against their opponents.
• D)issue stock.
• E)open their decision-making meetings to the general public.

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Definitions:

Direct Observation

A method of gathering data by watching behavior or events as they occur in their natural setting.

Internal Events

Psychological or physiological occurrences within an individual that are not observable by others.

Empirical

Based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.

Evolutionary Psychology

A theoretical approach in psychology that explains mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, i.e., the functional products of natural selection.