Jacob, Tennenbaum, Seilhamer, Bargiel, and Sharon (1994) studied two types of families, distress and nondistressed. The researchers tape recorded interactions among family members
One concern the researchers had involved subject reactivity, which did not seem to be a problem in this study. Why did the researchers suggest there was no subject reactivity?
What will be an ideal response?
(a) families have routine ways of interaction that may be hard for them to change, so when they were being recorded, they may not have been able to reliably change those routines.
(b) the families were busy, so they may not have had the chance to figure out how to change behaviors even if they wanted to.
(c) there may have been little motivation for them to change their behaviors because they didn't have a close relationship with the researchers, so there was little reason to invest energy in changing behaviors for a set of strangers.
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Bureaucracy has grown so complex and gained so much autonomy that our form of government is often called a(n)
a. administrative state. b. government corporation. c. independent regulatory commission. d. iron triangle. e. issue network.
Discuss the problem-definition and agenda-setting stages of policy making. What are the factors that shape how a problem may be defined? Discuss an example of a public problem that has been framed in varying ways by opposing groups. Second, the authors state, “the mere existence of a problem is no guarantee that it will attract government attention.” What facilitates the movement of certain issues onto the agenda?
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following statements about education policy in early Texas history is false?
A. The debate over public education policy in Texas extends back to the break with Mexico. B. The Constitution of 1876 placed restrictions on how money could be used for public education. C. The Constitution of the Republic of Texas established a public system of education. D. The establishment of a public school system in Texas did not occur until it had become a state. E. Throughout the entire history of Texas as a state, public education has been a statewide affair.
Which of the following is not correct about interest groups?
a. Interest groups provide information to officeholders in all branches of government. b. Interest groups engage in the electoral process by nominating their members for public office. c. Interest groups help to inform public opinion. d. Interest groups engage in the electoral process by contributing money to candidates. e. Interest groups politicize and inform members of their groups.