Regarding the impact of the public in American national decision-making, the founders wanted ______.

a. a system in which the public elected most officeholders
b. a system legitimated by the public but also protected from the possible dangers of the public’s power
c. a system responsive to the fluctuations in public opinion
d. only the social and economic elite to have a role in the new government


b. a system legitimated by the public but also protected from the possible dangers of the public’s power

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Which model of the policy process stresses that many groups and individuals have an influence in the American democratic system?

A. institutional B. elite C. rational-comprehensive D. public choice E. pluralist

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If the police conduct a search later found to be unconstitutional, the __________ holds that evidence collected during the search cannot be used in trial

A) exclusionary rule B) incorporation clause C) Fifth Amendment D) full faith and credit clause E) Seventh Amendment

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Look at the research matrix below without column headings. If you wanted to have 10 participants for each condition, how many participants would you need for a mixed subjects factorial design?

Attractive Attractive Female Male Unattractive Unattractive Female Male a. 10 b. 20 c. 30 d. 40

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By the seventeenth century, the British Parliament considered itself supreme in the area of __________

a. taxation b. warfare c. social welfare policy d. constitutional doctrine

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