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Policy implications: - ️️Ø Infrastructure development Ø Labor force training programs Ø R & D promotion Ø Technical assistance Ø Lower taxes and decrease regulation Convergence vs. Divergence: - ️️Supply Orientated Ø Convergence: Factor movements & adjustment (i.e., capital flows, migration, technology spillover, etc.) Ø Divergence: Immobility & attachment (i.e., limits of adjustment) People vs. Place - ️️Consider various aspects/objectives: Targeting & Coverage (Im...

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First Amendment - ️️Freedom of speech, press, and assembly. Freedom to petition government. No government establishment of religion. Freedom to exercise religion. Second Amendment - ️️Right to bear arms. Third Amendment - ️️No forced quartering of troops in homes during peacetime. Fourth Amendment - ️️No unreasonable searches and seizures. Fifth Amendment - ️️Grand jury indictment required for prosecution of serious crime. No second prosecution for the same offense. No ...

Authoritarian Government - ️️system of rule in which the government recognizes no formal limits but may be restrained by the power of other social institutions Totalitarian Government - ️️a system of rule in which the government recognizes no formal limits on its power and seeks to absorb or eliminate other social institutions that might challenge it, ex. North Korea, Vietnam, China Power - ️️influence over a government's leadership, organization, or policies Representative ...

Many at the Continental Congress were skeptical of allowing presidents to be directly elected by the legislature because ________. - ️️They were worried about giving the legislature too much power. The people who make up the modern president's cabinet are the heads of the major federal departments and ________. - ️️must be confirmed by the Senate. The granting of release from punishment for a crime is called a(n) - ️️pardon. The National Security Council, the Council of Econ...

political efficacy - ️️the belief that citizens can affect what government does, that they can take action to make government listen to them. political apathy - ️️the indifference on the part of any citizen of any country with regards to their attitude towards political activities constitutional government - ️️a system of rule in which formal and effective limits are placed on the powers of the government Power - ️️Influence over a government's leadership, organization, ...

What was purpose of the Preamble to the Constitution? - ️️To declare the Constitution an act of the sovereign people (rather than of sovereign states) and to explicate the goals of the proposed government Which plan that was proposed as a model for the Constitution called for a unicameral legislature with equality of representation? - ️️The New Jersey Plan In the Electoral College, what formula was utilized to set the number of electors? - ️️Equivalent to the number of members ...

Policymaking System - ️️Process by which policies are made Linkage Institutions - ️️Elections, political parties, interest groups, and media Policy Agenda - ️️Issues that attract the serious attention of public officials Political Issues - ️️Issues that arrives with disagreement Policymaking Institutions - ️️Branches of Government charged with taking action on political issues (Congress, Courts, President) Government - ️️Institutions through which public policies ar...

How would you characterize the Bush II and Obama administrations when it comes to secrecy with regard to waging the war on terrorism? - ️️Both administrations have been very secretive. What is commonly used to justify secrecy by officials in the federal government? - ️️national security According to the report discussed in this clip, how many agencies are involved with administering food safety regulations? - ️️15 Which of the following is an example of a revenue agency? - ️...

Why were crowds gathered in Colorado in this video? - ️️to take the opportunity to legally buy both medical and recreational marijuana How have dispensaries, licensed sellers of marijuana, been effected by legalization in Colorado? - ️️Dispensaries have seen sales double and even triple since recreational marijuana became legal. What geographic region receives the most federal assistance? - ️️Southeast In a federal system, power is distributed - ️️between the state and nati...

-What part of the federal government was designed in the 1787 Constitution to be directly elected by the framers? - ️️The Constitution establishes a federal democratic republic form of government. That is, we have an indivisible union of 50 sovereign States. It is a democracy because people govern themselves. It is representative because people choose elected officials by free and secret ballot. The original idea was for the most knowledgeable and informed individuals from each State t...

Due Process of the Law - ️️the right that every citizen against arbitrary action by national or state government Mapp v. Ohio (1961) - ️️this illustrates one of the most important principles that has grown out of the 4th amendment; the exclusionary rule- the ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment, such as barring evidence obtained during an illegal search from being introduced to trial Public Opinion - ️️citizens' attitudes about pol...

Suppose Andrea is a writer for the Huffington Post and has published an article that lists the advantages of implementing a universal basic income. On Twitter, she is receiving replies to her article both directly to her and between other individuals who agree or disagree with the points she has made. This is an example of which function of the media? - ️️facilitating public debate

What has been one of the greatest difficulties in establishing the new Department of Homeland Security? - ️️adjusting to the many different bureaucratic cultures now part of a single operation The Department of Agriculture was created - ️️during the late nineteenth century to promote the interests of farmers Which of the following is NOT a way in which Congress can exercise oversight? - ️️having members of Congress work part-time for a particular agency that is struggling to m...

What is the strategy? The ice-cold water tasted so wonderful and cooled me down after the long 5-mile run. I was so thirsty. How did the setting variables influence my desire for behavior? This was a - ️️Motivating Operation What type of reinforcer? Tokens used on a token board is a - ️️generalized conditioned reinforcer The process by which (a) an antecedent event (b) exerts control over behavior through (c) differential pairing with consequences for responding. - ️️Stimulus C...

The ice-cold water tasted so wonderful and cooled me down after a 5 mile run. I was so thirsty. How did the setting variables influence my desire for water? This was a _ - ️️Motivating Operations Tokens used on a token board is a _ - ️️Generalized Conditioned Reinforcer The process by which (a) an antecedent event (b) exerts control over behavior through (c) differential pairing with consequences for responding. - ️️Stimulus Control A stimulus change that functions as a reinfor...

behavior is reinforce if it occurs following a period of time since its last occurrence in a(n) ____________ schedule. - ️️DRL -Differential Reinforcement of Low rates in a DRL, reinforcement is contingent on the number of responses in a period of time not _____________ a criterion. Differential Reinforcement of Low rates - ️️Exceeding a fixed interval schedule produces a(n) ____________ ______________ during the early part of the interval. - ️️PRP -Post Reinforcement Pause wi...

Aversive Stimulus - ️️In general an unpleasant or noxious stimulus, more technically, a stimulus change or condition that functions (a) to evoke a behavior that has terminated it in the past; (b) as a punisher when presented following behavior, and/or (c) as a reinforcer when withdrawn following behavior. Backward Chaining - ️️...Treatment procedure in which a trainer completes all but the last behavior in a chain, which is performed by the learner, who then receivesreinforcement f...

differential reinforcement of low rates (DRL) - ️️a schedule of reinforcement in which reinforcement (a) follows each occurrence of the target behavior that is separated from the previous response by a minimum interresponse time (IRT), or (b) is contingent on the number of responses within a period of time not exceeding a predetermined criterion. fixed interval (FI) - ️️this schedule of reinforcement provides reinforcement for the first response following a fixed duration of time. ...

The purpose of an ecological assessment is to identify the most pressing _____ problem and possible ways to alleviate it. - ️️behavior Produces corresponding modifications or covariations in other adaptive untrained behaviors - ️️pivotal behaviors Pivotol behaviors appear to result in _____ positive changes in a number of areas. - ️️widespread Pivotal behaviors produce changes in untrained areas, while _____ _____ exposes the individual's repertoire to new contingencies. - ...