What Has Been One of the Most Pressing Questions Concerning

question 67

Multiple Choice

What has been one of the most pressing questions concerning socioeconomic status?

• A) Why has the level of participation in politics not increased as a result of the rising level of education among Americans?
• B) Why do recent immigrants display a higher level of political participation than second- and third-generation Americans?
• C) Why is Catholic American participation consistently higher than that of Protestant Americans?
• D) Why do citizens in coastal cities tend to have a voting rate approximately 5-7 percent higher than citizens in landlocked states?
• E) Why have rising income levels not increased the number of people who are willing to make monetary contributions to political candidates?

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Definitions:

Acquisition

In psychology, the initial stage of learning or conditioning during which a response is established.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished response after a period of non-exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.