PSCI 2305 Final Grieg
Political culture refers to - Answer- shared values, beliefs, and behaviors regarding government and politics that develop over time through the process of political socialization
The majority of Americans today _________________ in order to learn about national politics...
PSCI 2305 Final Grieg
Political culture refers to - Answer- shared values, beliefs, and behaviors regarding
government and politics that develop over time through the process of political
socialization
The majority of Americans today _________________ in order to learn about
national politics. - Answer- watch television
A short piece of film or video that shows a candidate speaking in his or her own
words is called - Answer- a sound bite
Equality of condition is the notion that - Answer- all individuals have a right to a more
or less equal part of the material goods that society produces.
The political subculture which believes that political power should be concentrated in
the hands of a few elite citizens who belong to established families or influential
social groups is called the ______________ . - Answer- traditionalistic subculture
Political beliefs that emphasizes a free market economy with no government
interference in personal liberties is most closely associated with - Answer-
libertarians
The power of the president to communicate directly to the American people by virtue
of his position as the only elected official with a national constituency is known as -
Answer- the bully pulpit
The primary purpose of a push poll is to - Answer- influence the views of a
respondent to the poll
The FCC's equal time requirement - Answer- prohibits broadcasters from selling or
giving time to political candidates and denying it to their opponents.
The Watergate scandal illustrates the - Answer- power of the media to serve as
watchdog to safeguard against abuses of power.
The key factors in determining the accuracy of an opinion poll are the - Answer- size
of the sample and whether the sample was selected from the population by a
random method
Sources of polling error can include - Answer- question order, unrepresentative
samples, respondents' lack of knowledge or interest in the issue, and question
wording.
How individuals self-identify their views along a spectrum that ranges from liberal to
conservative is known as ______________ - Answer- political ideology
, Which of the following ideological types favor government activism in the economic
realm? - Answer- liberals and populists
Which of the following is true about public opinion polling? - Answer- Polls are the
most relied-upon method of measuring public opinion, Polls can be erroneous at
times, Most large news organizations have their own in-house polls, and The Gallup
pollsters have correctly predicted the winner of presidential elections most of the
time since 1936.
Which of the following is NOT one of the primary socializing agents we discussed in
class? - Answer- church
Libertarians tend to be opposed to governmental intervention - Answer- in both the
economic and social spheres.
A conservative tends to be opposed to government intervention - Answer- in the
economic but not the social sphere
party identification refers to - Answer- an emotional attachment to a political party.
in a constitutional system - Answer- there are lawful restrictions on a government's
power.
The process by which a society settles its conflicts and allocates the resulting
benefits and costs is called - Answer- politics
classical liberalism emphasizes - Answer- the rule of law, the possibility of
meaningful change, the worth of the individual, and specific functions of the
government
The idea of popular sovereignty refers to the idea that - Answer- the majority has the
right to govern themselves
The idea that society should be governed by certain ethical principles that can be
understood by reason is known as - Answer- natural law
The case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that journalists could be
subpoenaed and forced by courts to reveal their sources was - Answer- Branzburg v.
Hayes
The political subculture of TExas is best described as - Answer- a combination of the
individualistic and traditionalistic subcultures
Which of the following is considered a principle of early learning? - Answer- The
primacy principle
What does the term "gender gap" refer to? - Answer- the difference in party
identification between men and women
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