Psci 110 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What vote threshold must be reached for the legislature to approve new taxes or raise fees? - Answer a supermajority of 2/3 Which of these tools has Governor Jerry Brown used to balance the state's annual budget? - Answer endorsing a proposition to temporarily raise the state sales tax by ¼ percent The state spends most of its annual budget on_________ . - Answer education and health and human services

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 ...

PSCI 1100 EXAM 2024 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS ALL CORRECT Nationalist backlash against globalization - Answer-After societal change, "losers" of value change embrace traditionalist values, with authoritarian populist movements claiming to protect traditional values against present day decay Canadian State Building and Indigenous People: Early Encounters - Answer-Co-existence of settlers with indigenous peoples, based on trade and shifting military alliances. European illnesses decimate indi...

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 ...

PSCI 1100 Midterm 1 Exam with Complete Answers Federalism - Answer-Federalism is a political system in which authority is allocated to the national government and subnational governments. Hybrid arrangement that mixes elements of a confederation, in which lower-level governments possess primary authority, and unitary government, in which the national government monopolizes constitutional authority Compromise of the nation's fear of centralized power (Britain) but also the lack of productivi...

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

PSCI 1100 Test Questions and Answers All Correct Principle of Responsible Government - Answer-The executive branch (i.e. the government) is answerable to the elected legislative assembly. In order to rule, the executive branch must be supported by a majority of members of the legislative assembly (i.e. it must maintain the confidence of a majority of the elected representatives of the people). Key features of a parliamentary system - Answer-No strict separation between the executive and le...

PSCI 1100 Final Exam Questions and Answers All Correct What is political participation? - Answer-Political participation is the activities citizens undertake to influence government. Why don't people participate in politics? - Answer-Probability that your vote will decide the election is essentially equal to 0, you get benefits either way (Free rider problem), and voting is costly Why do people participate in politics? - Answer-- Ability: because you know how, which depends on: (a) know...