Claims presented so that they appear scientific even though they lack supporting evidence and plausibility are known as ______.
A. sociology
B. psychology
C. inaccurate observation
D. pseudoscience
D. pseudoscience
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Which of the following resulted from presidential attempts to control the bureaucracy?
A) a decrease in the number of agencies comprising the bureaucracy since 1950 B) a decrease in the number of people whom the federal government has employed since 1950 C) an increase in the White House staff D) a and b E) none of the above
According to Sokolski, the fact that the number of war casualties has dropped significantly since 1945 is __________
a. unprovable evidence for nuclear weapons preventing major war b. evidence that nuclear weapons have prevented major war c. irrelevant to arguments about nuclear deterrence d. evidence that nuclear weapons have caused terrorism rather than war
Approximately how many military and diplomatic cables regarding the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have been leaked by the Internet site WikiLeaks?
a. 20,000 b. 100,000 c. 750,000 d. 900,000
A(n) ________ is a set of political beliefs or ideas that structures and gives meaning to political interests and motivates people to act politically in particular ways
A. polity B. accountability C. mandate D. junta E. ideology