The Framers of the Constitution

question 69

Multiple Choice

The framers of the Constitution:

• A) spent a considerable amount of time debating individual protections from government action at the Constitutional Convention
• B) established a committee to draft a bill of rights at the Constitutional Convention, but ignored its recommendations
• C) ignored civil liberties issues until after the ratification debate started
• D) drafted a bill of rights at the Constitutional Convention
• E) were in agreement at the Constitutional Convention that civil liberties should not be included in the Constitution

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Definitions:

Capacity

The ability or power to do, experience, or understand something, often used in the context of mental or physical capabilities.

Cocktail Party Effect

The ability to focus one's auditory attention on a particular stimulus while filtering out a range of other stimuli, much like being able to focus on a single conversation in a noisy room.

Selective Memory

The phenomenon of remembering certain information while forgetting others, often influenced by emotional factors.

Broadbent

Donald Broadbent, a British cognitive psychologist who made significant contributions to the field of attention and information processing.