Which of the following statements provides the best characterization of the members of the White House staff?
a. The White House staff is a loose collection of bureaucrats who are loyal to executive agencies.
b. The White House staff is composed of advisers who do whatever is in the best interest of the president.
c. The White House staff is composed of policy specialists who have little personal loyalty to the president.
d. The White House staff is the link between executive agencies in the bureaucracy and Congress.
b
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In the experiments discussed in Chapter 7, social scientists had subjects in a variety of countries play the “Ultimatum” and “Dictator” games. They found that
A. the experimental results matched the theoretical predictions of how purely self-interested actors would behave. B. the experimental results were similar across a wide range of industrialized democracies. C. the experimental results varied greatly across a range of small-scale societies. D. the scholars found all of the above to be true. E. the scholars found only (B) and (C) to be true.
Economic growth is usually measured through change in
a. free trade alliances. b. general population. c. gross domestic product. d. tax revenues. e. voter registration.
__________ is the ability of the media to alter the public's view on an issue by presenting it in a particular way
A) Agenda setting B) Framing C) Softening D) Sensationalizing E) Investigating
Japan is an example of the rare democracy in which public opinion __________.
A. has a strong impact on curtailing the military spending of the government B. favors nuclear proliferation, but the ruling party refrains from following public opinion C. has less effect on foreign policy than on domestic policy D. pressures the government to share with the United States the burden of defense