Interest Groups Are Often Powerful in States

question 30

Multiple Choice

Interest groups are often powerful in states

• A) with a strong two-party rivalry.
• B) dominated by one party.
• C) that have a weak or nonexistent party system.
• D) with powerful third parties.
• E) with low voter turnout.

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Definitions:

Death Instinct

In psychoanalytic theory, the drive towards death and self-destruction, opposing the life instincts.

Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic approach and theory of personality development that emphasizes unconscious motives and conflicts, originated by Sigmund Freud.

Childhood Trauma

Distressing experiences that occur during childhood, which can have long-lasting emotional and psychological effects.

Repression

In psychoanalytic theory, a mechanism of defense by means of which thoughts, impulses, or memories that give rise to anxiety are pushed out of consciousness.