Logrolling Consists of

question 14

Multiple Choice

Logrolling consists of

• A) exchanging votes to gain support for legislation.
• B) spreading the costs of a piece of special interest legislation over many millions of people.
• C) attempts directed at slowing down the growth of rational ignorance.
• D) increasing taxes on some people and lowering taxes on other people.
• E) none of the above

Understand the concept and implications of schemas in cognitive processing.

Explore the neurological underpinnings of social behavior and perceptions.

Appreciate the evolutionary aspects of social cognition and behavior.

Understand the concept of fundamental attribution error and how it influences perception of others' behaviors.

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Definitions:

Popular Culture

The set of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, images, and other phenomena that are within the mainstream of a given culture, especially western culture in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

Taboos

pertains to behaviors or practices that are prohibited or restricted by social or cultural norms, often due to superstition or religious beliefs.

Weakest Norms

The least influential or least enforced rules and standards of behavior within a society or group.

Cultural Relativism

The principle that an individual's beliefs and activities should be understood by others in the context of that individual's own culture.