________ Would Be Considered Political Patronage

question 3

Multiple Choice

________ would be considered political patronage.

• A) An agency chair hiring a consultant based on her excellent former work in the private sector
• B) A state representative hiring a campaign contributor to a job he knows nothing about
• C) A state commissioner delegating hiring duties to a human resources administrator
• D) An agency chair hiring his brother to oversee a new program because he is family
• E) A commissioner hiring an employee to a position based on her years of government experience

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Sociocultural Approach

The view that social and cultural factors may be just as powerful as evolutionary and physiological factors in affecting behavior and mental processing and that these factors must be understood when interpreting the behavior of others.

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Neuroscience

The scientific study of the nervous system, aimed at understanding the biological basis of behavior, thought, and emotion.

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