Politics Can Be Defined as

question 54

Multiple Choice

Politics can be defined as

• A) conflicts over the character, membership, and policies of any organization to which people belong.
• B) the informal, private organizations through which a land and its people are ruled.
• C) a hierarchically structured organization that is designed to distribute labor among several different groups of people.
• D) a line-and-staff organization that is designed to facilitate control over complex social arrangements.
• E) alliances of various interest groups, policy experts, and elected representatives who unite in order to promote a governmental solution to a problem.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Meat Powder

A substance used in classical conditioning experiments as a stimulus, notably in Pavlov's research with dogs.

Automatic Process

Cognitive activities that require little to no conscious effort or attention, such as breathing or walking.

Learning

The process of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, attitudes, or preferences through study, experience, or teaching.