POLI 2051 HOGAN EXAM 2 COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Civil Disobedience.
Answer: a form of unconventional participation designed ti
consciously break a law thought to be unjust
◉ Demography.
Answer: the science of human population
◉ Exit Polls.
Answer: a poll taken at randomly selected polling places after the
citizen has placed their vote
◉ Gender Gap.
Answer: a consistent attitudinal pattern where women are more
likely than men to express liberal attitudes and support to
democratic candidates
◉ Melting Pot.
Answer: the mixtures of cultures, ideas, and people in the US
,◉ Minority Majority.
Answer: a reference to the impending status of White, Anglo-Saxon
Americans, currently holding majority status
◉ Political culture.
Answer: an overall set of values widely shared in a society
◉ Political ideology.
Answer: a coherent set of values and beliefs about public policy
◉ Political participation.
Answer: the activities used by citizens to influence political
outcomes
◉ Political socialization.
Answer: the process by which citizens acquire their knowledge,
feelings, and evaluations of the political world
◉ Protest.
Answer: a form of political participation design to change policy
through unconventional tactics
◉ Public Opinion.
, Answer: the distribution of the population's beliefs about politics
and issues
◉ Random digit dialing.
Answer: phone numbers are dialed at random around the country
◉ Random sampling.
Answer: a polling technique which is based on the principle that
everyone has an equal probability of being selected to be apart of the
sample
◉ Reapportionment.
Answer: the reallocation of 435 seats in the house of representatives
based on changes of residency and population found in the census
◉ Sample.
Answer: a small portion of the population chosen as representative
of the whole population
◉ Sampling Error.
Answer: the level of confidence involved in a sample result- the level
is dependent on the size of the sample
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Civil Disobedience.
Answer: a form of unconventional participation designed ti
consciously break a law thought to be unjust
◉ Demography.
Answer: the science of human population
◉ Exit Polls.
Answer: a poll taken at randomly selected polling places after the
citizen has placed their vote
◉ Gender Gap.
Answer: a consistent attitudinal pattern where women are more
likely than men to express liberal attitudes and support to
democratic candidates
◉ Melting Pot.
Answer: the mixtures of cultures, ideas, and people in the US
,◉ Minority Majority.
Answer: a reference to the impending status of White, Anglo-Saxon
Americans, currently holding majority status
◉ Political culture.
Answer: an overall set of values widely shared in a society
◉ Political ideology.
Answer: a coherent set of values and beliefs about public policy
◉ Political participation.
Answer: the activities used by citizens to influence political
outcomes
◉ Political socialization.
Answer: the process by which citizens acquire their knowledge,
feelings, and evaluations of the political world
◉ Protest.
Answer: a form of political participation design to change policy
through unconventional tactics
◉ Public Opinion.
, Answer: the distribution of the population's beliefs about politics
and issues
◉ Random digit dialing.
Answer: phone numbers are dialed at random around the country
◉ Random sampling.
Answer: a polling technique which is based on the principle that
everyone has an equal probability of being selected to be apart of the
sample
◉ Reapportionment.
Answer: the reallocation of 435 seats in the house of representatives
based on changes of residency and population found in the census
◉ Sample.
Answer: a small portion of the population chosen as representative
of the whole population
◉ Sampling Error.
Answer: the level of confidence involved in a sample result- the level
is dependent on the size of the sample
