UTA POLS 2311 PRETEST CHAPTERS 1-4 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+
The type of government that suppresses individuality, forcing people to
think and act as the government demands? Ans✓✓✓authoritarian
One who spends hours listening to partisan talk shows will likely be
Ans✓✓✓misinformed
In recent years, what has become of American politics? Ans✓✓✓All of
the above.
1. American leaders have become more willing to lie.
2. Americans have become more tolerant of leaders slanting facts.
3. American politics have become more heated and divisive.
The ability of persons, groups, or institutions to influence political
developments is called ____________. Ans✓✓✓power
Sociologist C. Wright Mills was a proponent of the theory of
Ans✓✓✓elitism
A significant obstacle to critical thinking that has recently emerged is
Ans✓✓✓changes in the media landscape
, Americans generally believe that the people are the ultimate soure of
governing authority. Ans✓✓✓True
Self-sufficiency is consistent with the idea of individualism.
Ans✓✓✓True
The text describes _________________ as a defining characteristic of
American politics. Ans✓✓✓the widespread sharing of power
Politics in the United States are kept within peaceful bounds by which of
the follow? (select any that apply) Ans✓✓✓1. consitutionalism
2. autocracy
3. free markets
4. democracy
A constitutional system has legtimate lawful restrictions on a
government's power. Ans✓✓✓True
What do behavioral scientists call the habit of judging the accuracy of a
claim on the basis of who's saying it or whether we've heard it before?
Ans✓✓✓"cognitive laziness"
_________ is the process by which a society settles its conflicts and
allocates the resulting benefits and costs. Ans✓✓✓Politics
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+
The type of government that suppresses individuality, forcing people to
think and act as the government demands? Ans✓✓✓authoritarian
One who spends hours listening to partisan talk shows will likely be
Ans✓✓✓misinformed
In recent years, what has become of American politics? Ans✓✓✓All of
the above.
1. American leaders have become more willing to lie.
2. Americans have become more tolerant of leaders slanting facts.
3. American politics have become more heated and divisive.
The ability of persons, groups, or institutions to influence political
developments is called ____________. Ans✓✓✓power
Sociologist C. Wright Mills was a proponent of the theory of
Ans✓✓✓elitism
A significant obstacle to critical thinking that has recently emerged is
Ans✓✓✓changes in the media landscape
, Americans generally believe that the people are the ultimate soure of
governing authority. Ans✓✓✓True
Self-sufficiency is consistent with the idea of individualism.
Ans✓✓✓True
The text describes _________________ as a defining characteristic of
American politics. Ans✓✓✓the widespread sharing of power
Politics in the United States are kept within peaceful bounds by which of
the follow? (select any that apply) Ans✓✓✓1. consitutionalism
2. autocracy
3. free markets
4. democracy
A constitutional system has legtimate lawful restrictions on a
government's power. Ans✓✓✓True
What do behavioral scientists call the habit of judging the accuracy of a
claim on the basis of who's saying it or whether we've heard it before?
Ans✓✓✓"cognitive laziness"
_________ is the process by which a society settles its conflicts and
allocates the resulting benefits and costs. Ans✓✓✓Politics
