Identify and explain what happens if a person reads or watches news sources with views that are opposite their own views.
What will be an ideal response?
That person will experience cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance is the anger one experiences when consuming information that is contrary to one's personal viewpoint.
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What is the main objective of a political party?
A. to manipulate public opinion B. to control interest groups C. to raise money for candidates D. to win elections
After World War II, the majority of countries that became communist did so as a result of
a. democratic elections by their citizens. b. returning to their form of government from before the war. c. a vote by the national government. d. having the system imposed as satellites of the Soviet Union. e. revolutions by the proletariat.
Until the nineteenth century democracy carried a positive connotation
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
The New Deal was innovative primarily because of which of the following?
a. it opened free trade with North American neighbors b. its size and scope c. its reliance on the gold standard d. its restructuring of some state geographical boundaries