Which of the following was NOT a motivation for U. S. have for building the Panama Canal? 1. It would increase U. S. influence within the Latin American region.

2. The U. S. believed large gold reserves lay beneath the Canal Zone.

3. U. S. businesses would have lower shipper costs.

The author says that in some town hall meetings several thousand citizens might. attend and vote.what would you do to make sure. a town hall meeting of that many people would run smoothly

Recall that in one condition of the experiment conducted by stasser and titus (1985) about student council president candidates, all group members had access to the same information, and that in another condition, members had unique information that other group members didn't know. in the second (unshared information) condition, the group made a worse decision than in the first (shared information) condition. this occurred because groups seldom can agree on who is most expert. focus discussion on the information that all members know. often ignore dissenting opinions. avoid differences of opinion, given conformity pressures.

Asystem of government in which a few people hold power