The American People
Political Socialization
Political Information
Political Ideology
100
The distribution of the populations beliefs about politics and policy issues
What is public opinion
100
The process which an individual requires his or her political orientations.
What is political socialization
100
What operates on the principle that everyone should have and equal probability of being selected as part of the sample?
random sampling
100
The regular pattern by which women are more likely to support Democratic candidates that are men are known as
What is the gender gap
200
The most valuable tool for understanding demographic changes in America
What is the census
200
True or False, Schooling is perhaps the most obvious intrusion of the government in American's socialization
True
200
The procedure for conducting ____________ includes randomly selected voting places around the country, and asking every tenth person how they voted
an exit poll
200
Two examples of political participation
What is protest and civil disobedience
300
The process of reallocating seats in the House of representatives every 10 years on the result of census
What is reapportionment
300
What three informal teachings influence ones political socialization?
What is Family, Mass Media, and Schooling
300
Since the 1960s, Americans trust in the government has
decreased
300
Which of the following statements is false; Liberals are more likely to spend more money on the poor or Conservatives want to raise spending
(False. Conservatives want to raise spending) Conservatives want to keep spending low.
400
What benefit dealt with today's workers to pay the benefits for today's retirees?
What is Social Security
400
True or False, political participation increases w/ age until the infirmities of old age make it harder to participate
True
400
Sampling error is
how close a sample estimate is to the real population value
400
Is American Democracy representative rather than direct?
Yes, the public's explicit task is to decide not what the government shall do but rather who shall decide what government shall do
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