Missouri State University PLS 101 Exam 2
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
public opinion - CORRECT ANSWER - The collective attitudes of citizens concerning a
given issue or question
characteristics of public opinion - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) The public's attitude toward
a given issue or policy can vary over time, often dramatically.
2) Public opinion places boundaries on allowable types of public policy
3) If asked by pollsters, citizens are willing to register opinions on matters outside their
experience
4) Governments tend to respond to public opinion
5) The government sometimes does not do what people want
political socialization - CORRECT ANSWER - the complex process by which people
acquire their political values
How political socialization occurs - CORRECT ANSWER - - Primacy ( what we learn
first sticks )
- Structuring ( what we learn first influences later learning )
Family
School
Community and Peers
Continuing Socialization
media, political figures
How different social groups differ on order and equality - CORRECT ANSWER -
education, income, region and ethnicity/race, religion, gender
, What are the ideology types how do they place on the freedom, order and equality matrix -
CORRECT ANSWER - liberals are freedom over order then equality- conservatives are
freedom over equality and order over freedom- libertarians are freedom over both equality and
order, communitarians are the opposite of libertarians.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) - CORRECT ANSWER - regulates interstate
and international communication on radio, tv, satellite, telephone, telegraph, cable
Equal time or opportunities rule - CORRECT ANSWER - Under the Federal
Communications Act of 1934, the requirement that if a broadcast station gives or sells time to a
candidate for any public office, it must make available an equal amount of time under the same
conditions to all other candidates for that office.
Right of rebuttal - CORRECT ANSWER - a Federal Communications Commission
regulation giving individuals the right to have the opportunity to respond to personal attacks
made on a radio or television broadcast
Fairness doctrine - CORRECT ANSWER - FCC rule (no longer in effect) that required
broadcasters to air a variety of viewpoints on their programs
prior restraint - CORRECT ANSWER - government censorship of information before it is
published or broadcast
Near v. Minnesota - CORRECT ANSWER - the 1931 Supreme Court decision holding
that the first amendment protects newspapers from prior restraint.
political participation (conventional and unconventional) - CORRECT ANSWER - con-
routine political behavior that uses institutional channels and is acceptable to the dominant
culture. Uncon- uncommon political behavior that challenges or defies norms.
Effectiveness of unconventional participation - CORRECT ANSWER - Can work, but
takes special commitment
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
public opinion - CORRECT ANSWER - The collective attitudes of citizens concerning a
given issue or question
characteristics of public opinion - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) The public's attitude toward
a given issue or policy can vary over time, often dramatically.
2) Public opinion places boundaries on allowable types of public policy
3) If asked by pollsters, citizens are willing to register opinions on matters outside their
experience
4) Governments tend to respond to public opinion
5) The government sometimes does not do what people want
political socialization - CORRECT ANSWER - the complex process by which people
acquire their political values
How political socialization occurs - CORRECT ANSWER - - Primacy ( what we learn
first sticks )
- Structuring ( what we learn first influences later learning )
Family
School
Community and Peers
Continuing Socialization
media, political figures
How different social groups differ on order and equality - CORRECT ANSWER -
education, income, region and ethnicity/race, religion, gender
, What are the ideology types how do they place on the freedom, order and equality matrix -
CORRECT ANSWER - liberals are freedom over order then equality- conservatives are
freedom over equality and order over freedom- libertarians are freedom over both equality and
order, communitarians are the opposite of libertarians.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) - CORRECT ANSWER - regulates interstate
and international communication on radio, tv, satellite, telephone, telegraph, cable
Equal time or opportunities rule - CORRECT ANSWER - Under the Federal
Communications Act of 1934, the requirement that if a broadcast station gives or sells time to a
candidate for any public office, it must make available an equal amount of time under the same
conditions to all other candidates for that office.
Right of rebuttal - CORRECT ANSWER - a Federal Communications Commission
regulation giving individuals the right to have the opportunity to respond to personal attacks
made on a radio or television broadcast
Fairness doctrine - CORRECT ANSWER - FCC rule (no longer in effect) that required
broadcasters to air a variety of viewpoints on their programs
prior restraint - CORRECT ANSWER - government censorship of information before it is
published or broadcast
Near v. Minnesota - CORRECT ANSWER - the 1931 Supreme Court decision holding
that the first amendment protects newspapers from prior restraint.
political participation (conventional and unconventional) - CORRECT ANSWER - con-
routine political behavior that uses institutional channels and is acceptable to the dominant
culture. Uncon- uncommon political behavior that challenges or defies norms.
Effectiveness of unconventional participation - CORRECT ANSWER - Can work, but
takes special commitment
