Sci 1101 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

2024 KSU SCI 1101 exam 3 study guide complete update Kennesaw State University

PSCI 1101 TEST 3 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS Caucus problems-worth it? - Answer-Hard to Boulder voters to caucus Explaining trumps success - Answer-1. personality and politics Winning southern states Non educated base Authoritarian stance Political party - Answer-Group that organizes to: 1. Win elections 2. Determine policy 3. Run the government Republicans - Answer-2012 data: 91.5 percent white support Catholic support has grown a lot So has evangelical Democrats -...

PSCI 1101 Midterm 2 Test Questions and Answers All Correct Mass Associations - Answer-IG that have a large number of dues-paying individuals as members Peak Associations - Answer-IG whose members are businesses or other organizations rather than individuals Collective Action Problem - Answer-a situation in which the members of a group would benefit by working together to produce some outcome, but each individual is better off refusing to cooperate and reaping benefits from those who do th...

PSCI 1101 Final Exam with Correct Answers Trustee model of representation - Answer-Voter's job is minimal, we just elect people who will make the best decisions Delegate model of representation - Answer-representatives are expected to represent what we would do even if they disagree. 80% want this Politico model of representation - Answer-there to make deals—negotiate among interests to make decisions Descriptive model of representation - Answer-government looks like the people. if ...

Hypodermic hypothesis - Answer Media injects ideas into our brain, but we don't believe everything we see/hear/read So, we choose sources that typically agree with us Agenda setting - Answer Media coverage makes people think an issue is important/ focuses attention on a certain issue Too large of a roll in determining issues? Show stories of "relative" importance Media has power to set political agenda Ex: Role of media in Vietnam war (televised footage

PSCI 1101 Midterm 1 Test with A+ Graded Solutions separation of powers - Answer-The principle of dividing governmental powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government. checks and balances - Answer-A major principle of American government in which each of the three branches is given the means to check (to restrain or balance) the actions of the others. veto power - Answer-A constitutional power that enables the chief executive (president or governor) to reject ...

edia Conglomerates - Answer companies that control a large number of media sources across several types of media outlets News Cycle - Answer time between release of information and its publication such as 24hrs b/w issues of a daily newspaper On Background/Off The Record - Answer comments a politician makes to the press on the condition that they can be reported only if they are not attributed to that politician

What is the problem with people refusing to answer or lying? - Answer -If the refusers or liars differ systematically from those who don't refuse or lie polling accuracy can suffer -Researchers use weighting to try to make polling representative but this doesn't solve the issue of non-representativeness completely Despite the limitations of public polling have politicians come to embrace polling? - Answer -Yes since jimmy carter every president has had an in house pollster

Politics - Answer The process that determines what government does. 3 Key Ideas of Politics - Answer Politics is conflictual, the political process matters, and politics is everywhere Free Market - Answer An economic system based on competition among business without government interference Economic Individualism - Answer The sovereignty of individuals to manage their own financial decisions without government interference

Political capital - Answer build up good will by interacting with people over time, allows more political power. "build up and use up" Head of Government (the Two Presidencies) - Answer -Executive: carrying out laws passed by Congress (directing Executive branch, creating angencies to carry out legislation, executive orders) -Military: domestic emergencies (state-requested assistance, enforcing federal law against state wishes) -Legislative: (State of the Union address, Veto power, sign...