Dr. Smith is studying the effect of violent music on young teenagers. In order to collect data, she distributes surveys to a local public school, each with the same set of questions. She did this in order to reduce the risk of ______.
A. illogical reasoning
B. resistance to change
C. selective observation
D. overgeneralization
C. selective observation
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Which of the following is one of the advantages of the policy process approach to policy study? a. It is flexible and open to change and refinement
b. It provides a static and cross-sectional view of the policy process. c. It centers attention on the complexity of public problems, the goals of the polity, and the general forms policy responses can take. d. It is culture bound.
Which interest group has mass individual membership?
a. State Chamber of Commerce b. AFL-CIO c. Sierra Club d. All of the above
The most important precipitating cause of the end of the Cold War was
a. the soft power of liberal ideas. b. an individual, Mikhail Gorbachev. c. imperial overstretch. d. the decline of communist ideology. e. the failure of the Soviet economy.
The U.S. Constitution was intended to do which of the following?
a. permanently advantage some economic interests over others b. avoid impacting the substance of decisions made by government c. resolve a contested election that occurred under the Articles of Confederation d. reassure diverse interests that they would be better off under the new system