PLS 101 FINAL FULLY SOLVED TEST PAPER
GRADED A+
◉ What are values?
Answer: basic principles that shape people's opinions about issues
and events
◉ What is political ideology?
Answer: a cohesive set of beliefs that form a general philosophy
about government
◉ What is political socialization?
Answer: process through which underlying political beliefs and
values are formed
◉ What are some social group influences on political attitudes?
Answer: race and ethnicity, gender, religion, party affiliation,
economic class and group self-interest, political environment
◉ What is the social desirability effect?
Answer: when respondents to a survey report what they expect the
interviewer wishes to hear rather than what they believe
,◉ What is selection bias?
Answer: arrises when a sample is not representative of the
population being studied
◉ --- is the single most important political act for most Americans
Answer: voting
◉ The digital divide refers to the
Answer: line separating citizens with internet access from those
without
◉ What was the main cause for reducing the legal voting age to 18?
Answer: government officials hoped it would lead to a decline in
disruptive student protests
◉ The main goal of the group Rock the Vote is to
Answer: encourage young people to vote
◉ The number one reason Americans gave for not voting in 2012
was that
Answer: they were "too busy" or had "conflicting schedules"
,◉ A state with a roughly equal number of Democrats and
Republicans in the population is often referred to as a ___ state
Answer: battleground
◉ Approximately ___ percent of young people voted for Obama in
2012
Answer: 60%
◉ Approximately ___ percent of African Americans voted for Obama
in 2008
Answer: 95%
◉ Descriptive representation occurs when
Answer: individuals are represented in government by officials of
their same race, ethnicity, or gender
◉ Which of the following statements about Asian Americans is most
accurate?
Answer: although a majority of Asian Americans voted Republican in
the 1990s, in the 2000s they have been voting increasingly
Democratic
◉ On average, women tend to vote for ____ candidates and men tend
to vote for ____ candidates
, Answer: Democratic; Republican
◉ Which of the following groups typically has the highest level of
political participation?
Answer: senior citizens 65 and older
◉ What is one reason that political parties and politician's view
Latinos as a critically important group?
Answer: the latino population in the USA is large and rapidly
growing
◉ Which of the following statements about race and political
participation is most accurate?
Answer: African Americans and latinos are less likely to participate
in politics than whites
◉ What is the most important factor in predicting whether an
individual votes?
Answer: education level
◉ Studies have shown that ___ is it the most effective means to
mobilize voters
Answer: personal contact
GRADED A+
◉ What are values?
Answer: basic principles that shape people's opinions about issues
and events
◉ What is political ideology?
Answer: a cohesive set of beliefs that form a general philosophy
about government
◉ What is political socialization?
Answer: process through which underlying political beliefs and
values are formed
◉ What are some social group influences on political attitudes?
Answer: race and ethnicity, gender, religion, party affiliation,
economic class and group self-interest, political environment
◉ What is the social desirability effect?
Answer: when respondents to a survey report what they expect the
interviewer wishes to hear rather than what they believe
,◉ What is selection bias?
Answer: arrises when a sample is not representative of the
population being studied
◉ --- is the single most important political act for most Americans
Answer: voting
◉ The digital divide refers to the
Answer: line separating citizens with internet access from those
without
◉ What was the main cause for reducing the legal voting age to 18?
Answer: government officials hoped it would lead to a decline in
disruptive student protests
◉ The main goal of the group Rock the Vote is to
Answer: encourage young people to vote
◉ The number one reason Americans gave for not voting in 2012
was that
Answer: they were "too busy" or had "conflicting schedules"
,◉ A state with a roughly equal number of Democrats and
Republicans in the population is often referred to as a ___ state
Answer: battleground
◉ Approximately ___ percent of young people voted for Obama in
2012
Answer: 60%
◉ Approximately ___ percent of African Americans voted for Obama
in 2008
Answer: 95%
◉ Descriptive representation occurs when
Answer: individuals are represented in government by officials of
their same race, ethnicity, or gender
◉ Which of the following statements about Asian Americans is most
accurate?
Answer: although a majority of Asian Americans voted Republican in
the 1990s, in the 2000s they have been voting increasingly
Democratic
◉ On average, women tend to vote for ____ candidates and men tend
to vote for ____ candidates
, Answer: Democratic; Republican
◉ Which of the following groups typically has the highest level of
political participation?
Answer: senior citizens 65 and older
◉ What is one reason that political parties and politician's view
Latinos as a critically important group?
Answer: the latino population in the USA is large and rapidly
growing
◉ Which of the following statements about race and political
participation is most accurate?
Answer: African Americans and latinos are less likely to participate
in politics than whites
◉ What is the most important factor in predicting whether an
individual votes?
Answer: education level
◉ Studies have shown that ___ is it the most effective means to
mobilize voters
Answer: personal contact
