The Response to the Department of Homeland Security's Color-Coded Terror-Level

question 101

Multiple Choice

The response to the Department of Homeland Security's color-coded terror-level warning system reveals

• A) that cost-cutting measures often fail to pass Congress.
• B) that bureaucratic agencies,like politicians,must pay attention to public opinion.
• C) the great influence fear of terrorism has on the American people.
• D) the intractable power of the iron triangle.
• E) that people have a difficult time taking government very seriously.

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Definitions:

Diffuse Status Characteristics

Information about a person’s abilities that are only obliquely relevant to the group’s task, and derive mainly from large-scale category memberships outside the group.

Groupthink

A psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people when the desire for harmony or conformity results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.

Consensual Positive Validation

The process through which individuals seek validation and approval for their beliefs or actions from others, typically within a social group that shares similar views.

Fear of Death

A common anxiety that involves dread or apprehension about the prospect of dying or the process of dying.