Types of Politics & Theories
Type of politics referring to the study & comparison of domestic politics across countries.
What is: Comparative Politics
A Type Of Relationship Based On Cause And Effect.
What is: A Causal Relationship
The Method That Social Scientists Use To Make Comparisons Across Cases.
What is: The Comparative Method
Institution Type That Has Unwritten and Unofficial Rules
What is: A(n) Informal Institution
The Independent Variable Has A Value Dependent On That Of Another Variable.
What is: False (The Independent variable has a value that does not depend on that of another variable)
The Approach That Assumes Individuals Weigh The Costs and Benefits And Make A Choice to Maximize Their Benefits.
What is: The Rational Choice Approach
Refers To The Apparent Relationship Between 2 Or More Variables.
What is: A Correlation
A Method That Refers To Studies Done Through An In-Depth Investigation Of A Limited Number Of Cases.
What is: The Qualitative Method
A Type Of Institution That is Usually Based on Officially Sanctioned Rules.
What is: A Formal Institutions
One Problem In Doing Comparative Problems Is Controlling a Large Number of Variables/Multicausality's.
What is: True
Field in political science concentrated on relations between countries.
What is: International Relations
What is: The Endogeneity Issue
What is: The Quantitative Method
The UN is a _____ type of institution.
What is: A Formal Institution (Governed by Int'l Law, Has Formal Procedures)
One Problem In Doing Comparative Research Is That There Are Too Many Cases And Access To Information Is To Widespread.
What is: False (There is a limited number of cases and limited access to information)
An example of an issue that International Relations would focus on.
What is: Foreign Policy, War, Trade, Foreign Aid
Type of relationship where a change in one variable causes a change in another variable.
What is: A Causal Relationship.
A Form Of Reasoning With Research That Works From A Hypothesis That Is Then Tested Against Data.
What is: Deductive Reasoning
Socially Shared Rules Are An Example Of a(n) ____ Institution.
What is: A Informal Institution
The Modernization Theory Asserts That As Societies Develop, They Take On A Set Of Characteristics, Including Authoritarianism and Socialism.
What is: False (The theory asserts that as countries/societies develop, they become more Democratic and Capitalistic)
The Theory Built Upon Assumptions Of Rational Choice.
What is: Game Theory
A Type Of Relationship That Occurs When 2 Things Are Both Affected By A Third Factor, Thus Appearing To Be Related.
What is: A Spurious Relationship
A Form Of Reasoning That Has Research That Works From Case Studies In Order To Generate A Hypotheses.
Inductive Reasoning
An example of what institutions generate/influence.
What is: Norms and Values, & Political Activity.
The Game Theory Is An Approach That Emphasizes How Actors/Organizations Behave In Their Goal To Influence Others.
What Is: True