Political Socialization
What is the definition of Political Socialization?
The process by which people develop their political beliefs.
What is a political ideology?
A certain set of ethical ideals, principles, doctrines, myths or symbols of a social movement, institution, class or large group that explains how society should work and offers some political and cultural blueprint for a certain social order.
What is Public Opinion?
How people think or feel about actions (or non-action) of the government.
What are the mascots of the two major U.S. political parties?
Donkey and Elephant
What is the foremost agent of political socialization?
Parents/Family
What are the two major ideologies in the United States and their corresponding political parties?
Liberal and Conservative. Democrat and Republican.
How might public opinion polling influence politicians?
The results influence political candidates, government officials, and public policy.
What is a liberal ideology? Give an example of a stance that a liberal is likely to take.
Political philosophy that support strong government action in a broad array of contemporary problems, from economic policy to civil rights. Liberals believe that government must play an active role in creating equal opportunity, through anti-discrimination laws, through affirmative action programs, and through initiatives to assist the disadvantaged.
How does a U.S. Government class relate to political socialization.
Introduces government to students and how it works. School also transmits norms, also creates a respectful political climate. Also provides students with opportunities for political participation.
What is individualism?
The moral stance, political philosophy, ideology, and social outlook that emphasizes the intrinsic worth of the individual.
When constructing a sample, what are three requirements for a valid poll?
Random sample
+ or - 3% margin of error
Minimum sample size of 1500
What is a Conservative ideology? Give an example of a stance that a conservative is likely to take.
Political philosophy based on the goal to reduce the role of government in the nation's affairs.They view government's chief roles are to defend the nation from foreign attack, maintain law and order, and protect citizens from immediate threats to their health and safety. They decidedly favor government spending on national security over social programs; they want those programs to be contained or even scaled back and partially or wholly privatized
What are three examples of secondary political socialization?
Media, Education, Religion, Schools, Workplace
Name four examples of non-major political ideologies and their political parties.
Progressive, Progressive Party. Environmental, Green Party. Libertarian, Libertarian Party. Nationalists, Nationalist Party.
What are the five steps of the polling process?
Defining the Universe
Constructing the Sample
Preparing Valid Questions
Interviewing
Analyze and Report Findings
What is a Libertarian ideology? Give an example of a stance that a libertarian is likely to take.
Individuals who favor minimal government involvement in all areas of policy. Although they recognize the need to defend the nation, their primary value is individual liberty, which they believe is threatened as much by the government's zealous protection of national security and economic regulations as it is by the government's attempts to restrict civil liberties
How does the Vietnam War and the Watergate Scandal relate to the “generation effect” in political socialization?
These events correlated to a drop in public trust and confidence in government, which has not recovered to previous levels.
What is the Keynesianism theory of economic policymaking and who created it?
John Maynard Keynes stated that the combined effect of individual decisions with regard to saving and spending drives business cycles.
What are the three ways to interpret public opinion? What do each of these mean?
Opinion saliency – comparative significance of public opinion on a given issue (how important is the issue to the public?)
Opinion stability – measure of how public opinion changes on a given issue (democracy as our type of government rarely changes as opposed to enfranchisement of minorities)
Opinion-policy congruence – how “in-tune” the government is to public sentiment on a given issue (are they
How do the ideologies of the Democratic and Republican Parties reflect different views of the importance of individual liberty and social behavior?
Democrats tend to be liberal in their philosophies, meaning that they believe that the government should be the one to maintain liberty and should not be responsible for social behavior. Republicans typically subscribe to Conservative viewpoints, meaning that they believe that liberty should be preserved by state governments and that social behavior should be regulated by the government (i.e. regulating morality)