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Interest groups donate money to candidates and political parties who they think will support their interests once elected.

The theory that all interests are and should be free to compete for influence in the government; the outcome of the competition is compromise and moderation.  This is the textbook definition for ______________________.

An example of an interest group would be ______________________________.

Individuals who organize to influence the government’s programs and policies are referred to in the textbook as ___________________________.

The party that is considered the more right wing party in the United States today is ________________________________.

Parties that organize to compete against the two major American political parties are called ________________________.

_______________________ is the condition in American government wherein the presidency is controlled by one party while the opposing party controls one or both houses of Congress.

In the Constitution it is stipulated that our country must have political parties in order to ensure that voters have choices.

The PTR assessment consists of gathering information about student behavior(s) from each team member through a ____________ format. 

Describe the token reinforcement system used in Luiselli et al. (2015).