PSC- Exam 2 Study Guide questions
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If a person supports a candidate because he or she is the front-runner in a poll, it is an example
of what? - correct answer ✔✔Bandwagon effect
Normally, samples of how many people are considered sufficient for accurately measuring
public opinion through the use of surveys? - correct answer ✔✔1,000
Which statement best describes the relationship between public opinion and government
policy? - correct answer ✔✔The relationship between government policy and public opinion is
dynamic, wherein government policy responds to public opinion also shifts based on
government policies.
Declining levels of trust in government are important because declining trust has been linked to
- correct answer ✔✔Declines in political participation and voting
which of the following statements about the political opinions of Democrats and Republicans in
the public is the most accurate? - correct answer ✔✔differences between the political opinions
of Democrats and Republicans are greater today then during any other period in the last 40
years.
which of the following statements about the marketplace of ideas is true? - correct answer
✔✔Private groups and the news media play important roles in shaping opinions in the
marketplace of ideas.
conservative politicians developed and communicated the notion of a fetal "rights to life" in
order to - correct answer ✔✔unite Catholics and protestants and link their interests to the
Republican party
,pollsters use random digit dialing to gather national samples for surveys because - correct
answer ✔✔there is not a complete list of all Americans that can be used to identify the
population.
people who argue that government interferes with freedom of expression, free markets, and
society, and us should be limited to as few spheres of activity as possible, are best classified as -
correct answer ✔✔libertarians
which of the following is an example of the "gender gap"? - correct answer ✔✔men are more
supportive of Donald Trump's presidency than women
Conservatives are more likely than liberals to support - correct answer ✔✔school prayer
which US president promoted his policy agenda to the American people through "fire side
chats"? - correct answer ✔✔Franklin D Roosevelt
The process by which political values are formed is known as - correct answer ✔✔political
socialization
political leaders may prefer communicating through social media because - correct answer
✔✔they can directly transmit unedited messages to their followers without having the content
altered by the main stream press
Bernie Sanders is best described as a - correct answer ✔✔Democratic socialist
A(n) _____ is a method used by pollsters to select a representative sample in which every
individual in the population has an equal probability of being selected as a respondent - correct
answer ✔✔simple random sample
, The term use to denote the attitudes that people have about political issues, events,
institutions, and personalities is - correct answer ✔✔public opinion
traditionally, it was held that political attitudes were based in rational factors; recently, however,
which of the following has demonstrated significant influence in determining one's political
attitudes? - correct answer ✔✔emotional responses
what is the social desirability effect? - correct answer ✔✔The fact that respondents report what
they think the interviewer wishes to hear or whatever they think is socially acceptable, rather
than what they actually believe
The term "public opinion" is used to describe - correct answer ✔✔attitudes about political
issues, leaders, institutions, and events
A polling error that happens when he sample it's not representative of a population being
studied is known as - correct answer ✔✔Selection bias
The fact that public support for a government policies declines dramatically when calling the
policies "Welfare" rather than "assistance for the poor" illustrates that - correct answer
✔✔seemingly minor differences in the wording of a question can convey vastly different
meanings to survey respondents
The concept of a marketplace of ideas refers to - correct answer ✔✔the competition between
varying opinions and ideas that are aired in public forums.
if a national survey finds candidate A leads candidate B by 5 percent in the upcoming election
and the margin of error in the survey is 3 percent, it means that - correct answer ✔✔candidate
A leads candidate B by anywhere between 2 and 8 percentage points
Who exposed the Watergate scandal? - correct answer ✔✔Journalists at the Washington Post
and answers passed
If a person supports a candidate because he or she is the front-runner in a poll, it is an example
of what? - correct answer ✔✔Bandwagon effect
Normally, samples of how many people are considered sufficient for accurately measuring
public opinion through the use of surveys? - correct answer ✔✔1,000
Which statement best describes the relationship between public opinion and government
policy? - correct answer ✔✔The relationship between government policy and public opinion is
dynamic, wherein government policy responds to public opinion also shifts based on
government policies.
Declining levels of trust in government are important because declining trust has been linked to
- correct answer ✔✔Declines in political participation and voting
which of the following statements about the political opinions of Democrats and Republicans in
the public is the most accurate? - correct answer ✔✔differences between the political opinions
of Democrats and Republicans are greater today then during any other period in the last 40
years.
which of the following statements about the marketplace of ideas is true? - correct answer
✔✔Private groups and the news media play important roles in shaping opinions in the
marketplace of ideas.
conservative politicians developed and communicated the notion of a fetal "rights to life" in
order to - correct answer ✔✔unite Catholics and protestants and link their interests to the
Republican party
,pollsters use random digit dialing to gather national samples for surveys because - correct
answer ✔✔there is not a complete list of all Americans that can be used to identify the
population.
people who argue that government interferes with freedom of expression, free markets, and
society, and us should be limited to as few spheres of activity as possible, are best classified as -
correct answer ✔✔libertarians
which of the following is an example of the "gender gap"? - correct answer ✔✔men are more
supportive of Donald Trump's presidency than women
Conservatives are more likely than liberals to support - correct answer ✔✔school prayer
which US president promoted his policy agenda to the American people through "fire side
chats"? - correct answer ✔✔Franklin D Roosevelt
The process by which political values are formed is known as - correct answer ✔✔political
socialization
political leaders may prefer communicating through social media because - correct answer
✔✔they can directly transmit unedited messages to their followers without having the content
altered by the main stream press
Bernie Sanders is best described as a - correct answer ✔✔Democratic socialist
A(n) _____ is a method used by pollsters to select a representative sample in which every
individual in the population has an equal probability of being selected as a respondent - correct
answer ✔✔simple random sample
, The term use to denote the attitudes that people have about political issues, events,
institutions, and personalities is - correct answer ✔✔public opinion
traditionally, it was held that political attitudes were based in rational factors; recently, however,
which of the following has demonstrated significant influence in determining one's political
attitudes? - correct answer ✔✔emotional responses
what is the social desirability effect? - correct answer ✔✔The fact that respondents report what
they think the interviewer wishes to hear or whatever they think is socially acceptable, rather
than what they actually believe
The term "public opinion" is used to describe - correct answer ✔✔attitudes about political
issues, leaders, institutions, and events
A polling error that happens when he sample it's not representative of a population being
studied is known as - correct answer ✔✔Selection bias
The fact that public support for a government policies declines dramatically when calling the
policies "Welfare" rather than "assistance for the poor" illustrates that - correct answer
✔✔seemingly minor differences in the wording of a question can convey vastly different
meanings to survey respondents
The concept of a marketplace of ideas refers to - correct answer ✔✔the competition between
varying opinions and ideas that are aired in public forums.
if a national survey finds candidate A leads candidate B by 5 percent in the upcoming election
and the margin of error in the survey is 3 percent, it means that - correct answer ✔✔candidate
A leads candidate B by anywhere between 2 and 8 percentage points
Who exposed the Watergate scandal? - correct answer ✔✔Journalists at the Washington Post
