Category 1
The more religiously devout tend to lean toward this political party.
What is the Republican Party?
Members of this political party are more likely to see climate change and income inequality as a top policy priority.
What is the Democrat Party?
Members of this political party are more likely to see military strength and immigration as a top policy priority.
What is the Republican Party?
This is the most potent primary agent of socialization.
What is the family?
People who belong to this political party are more likely to answer political polls.
What is the Democrat Party?
This country has the largest prison population in the world.
What is the United States?
This term refers to a person’s sense of loyalty to a political party – emotional attachment.
What is party identification?
This is a socializing agent as they portray the current events to the average citizen.
What is the mass media?
Most people’s political orientations are learned in the early process of ____________ ___________.
What is political socialization?
Elements such as family and the media that impact political socialization.
What are agents of socialization?
When respondents answer questions they are not familiar with to not sound uninformed.
What are non-opinions?
The most influential period in one's life for political socialization.
What is childhood?
This is a device used to measure popular opinion through the opinions of a few.
What is a public opinion poll?
This is the small number of individuals who are interviewed to measure the opinion of a population.
What is a sample?
When certain aspects of a situation are highlighted while other aspects are downplayed.
What is framing?
________________ _____________ believe that lifestyle choices should be left up to the individuals in society.
What are cultural (social) liberals?
_____________ ____________ believe the government should be active in promoting traditional values.
What are cultural (social) conservatives?
These agents of socialization have a less intimate connection with an individual.
What are secondary agents?
This is applied to decrease the potential bias in participants.
What is random selection?
_______________ _______________ tend to believe that the government should finance economically disadvantaged people.
Who are economic liberals?
_______________ _____________ tend to believe that economic benefits should be left up to the free market.
What are economic conservatives?
This is the measurement of the accuracy of a poll, as determined by the size of its sample.
What is sampling error?
Whether respondents are pro or con a specific issue – “Are you in favor or against…?”
What is direction?
This term refers to an individual's general belief about the role and purpose of the government on society.
What is political ideology?
Religion, economic class, region, race and ethnicity are considered to be examples of people's _____________ _____________.
What are political groupings?
This is a term that refers to: (1) party identification, (2) political ideology, and (3) group orientation.
What are frames of reference?
This prohibits the using evidence obtained by unconstitutional means.
What is the exclusionary rule?
This allows inadmissible evidence if police believe they followed honest and proper procedures.
What is the good faith clause?
This prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the 8th Amendment?
Because of the 5th and 14th Amendments, no citizen can be deprived of rights without the ____ ________ of ____
What is the due process of law?