POLI 2051 Christopher Kenny LSU Test 2
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core beliefs - ✔✔the most fundamental beliefs in a national population
about human nature, the country, government, and the economy.
political attitudes - ✔✔individuals' views and preferences about public
policies, political parties, candidates, government institutions, and public
officials.
public opinion - ✔✔the aggregated political attitudes of ordinary people as
revealed by surveys
sample survey - ✔✔an interview study asking questions of a set of people
who are chosen as representative of the whole population
random sampling - ✔✔the selection of survey respondents by chance, with
equal probability of being selected, to ensure their representativeness of
the whole population
sampling error - ✔✔statistical uncertainty in estimates associated with the
fact that surveys do not interview every individual in a population of interest
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,political socialization - ✔✔the process by which individuals come to have
certain core beliefs and political attitudes
agents of socialization - ✔✔those institutions and individuals that shape the
core beliefs and attitudes as people, such as families and schools
political ideology - ✔✔a system of interrelated and coherently organized
political beliefs and attitudes
collective public opinion - ✔✔the political attitudes of the public as a whole,
expressed as averages, percentages, or other summaries of many
individuals' opinions
rational public - ✔✔the notion that collective public opinion is rational in the
sense that it is generally stable and consistent and that when it changes it
does so as an understandable response to events, to changing
circumstances, and to new information
presidential job approval rating - ✔✔a president's standing with the public,
indicated by the percentage of Americans who tell survey interviewers that
they approve a president's "handling of his job"
economic conservatives - ✔✔people who favor private enterprise and
oppose government regulation of business
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,economic liberals - ✔✔people who favor government regulation of business
to protect the public from harm, and government spending for social
programs
social liberals - ✔✔people who favor civil liberties, abortion rights, and
alternative lifestyles
social conservatives - ✔✔people who favor traditional social values, they
tend to support strong law and order measures and oppose abortion and
gay rights
policy preferences - ✔✔citizens' ideas about what policies they want
government to pursue
isolationism - ✔✔the policy of avoiding undue involvement in the affairs of
other countries and multilateral institutions
unilateralist - ✔✔the stance toward foreign policy that suggests the United
States should "go it alone," pursuing its national interests without seeking
the cooperation of other nations or multilateral institutions
multilateralist - ✔✔the stance toward foreign policy which suggests that the
United States should seek cooperation of other nations and multilateral
institutions in pursuing its goals
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, C - ✔✔When the variability of public opinion is taken and averaged out,
what can be said about overall public opinion over time?
A. the average level of public opinion is very high and shows no downward
trend.
B. the instability and wide swings of opinions indicate an irrational public.
C. the general stability and consistency of opinions indicates a rational
public
D. the average level of public opinion is low and shows no upward trend.
A - ✔✔What is public opinion?
A. attitudes expressed by ordinary people on various political topics
B. uniform views held by the majority of people
C. negative attitudes
D. the views of political officials on topics of policy
D - ✔✔Which of the following is least likely to influence a respondent's
answer about proposed abortion legislation?
A. religion
B. partisanship
C. political ideology
D. citizenship
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core beliefs - ✔✔the most fundamental beliefs in a national population
about human nature, the country, government, and the economy.
political attitudes - ✔✔individuals' views and preferences about public
policies, political parties, candidates, government institutions, and public
officials.
public opinion - ✔✔the aggregated political attitudes of ordinary people as
revealed by surveys
sample survey - ✔✔an interview study asking questions of a set of people
who are chosen as representative of the whole population
random sampling - ✔✔the selection of survey respondents by chance, with
equal probability of being selected, to ensure their representativeness of
the whole population
sampling error - ✔✔statistical uncertainty in estimates associated with the
fact that surveys do not interview every individual in a population of interest
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,political socialization - ✔✔the process by which individuals come to have
certain core beliefs and political attitudes
agents of socialization - ✔✔those institutions and individuals that shape the
core beliefs and attitudes as people, such as families and schools
political ideology - ✔✔a system of interrelated and coherently organized
political beliefs and attitudes
collective public opinion - ✔✔the political attitudes of the public as a whole,
expressed as averages, percentages, or other summaries of many
individuals' opinions
rational public - ✔✔the notion that collective public opinion is rational in the
sense that it is generally stable and consistent and that when it changes it
does so as an understandable response to events, to changing
circumstances, and to new information
presidential job approval rating - ✔✔a president's standing with the public,
indicated by the percentage of Americans who tell survey interviewers that
they approve a president's "handling of his job"
economic conservatives - ✔✔people who favor private enterprise and
oppose government regulation of business
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,economic liberals - ✔✔people who favor government regulation of business
to protect the public from harm, and government spending for social
programs
social liberals - ✔✔people who favor civil liberties, abortion rights, and
alternative lifestyles
social conservatives - ✔✔people who favor traditional social values, they
tend to support strong law and order measures and oppose abortion and
gay rights
policy preferences - ✔✔citizens' ideas about what policies they want
government to pursue
isolationism - ✔✔the policy of avoiding undue involvement in the affairs of
other countries and multilateral institutions
unilateralist - ✔✔the stance toward foreign policy that suggests the United
States should "go it alone," pursuing its national interests without seeking
the cooperation of other nations or multilateral institutions
multilateralist - ✔✔the stance toward foreign policy which suggests that the
United States should seek cooperation of other nations and multilateral
institutions in pursuing its goals
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, C - ✔✔When the variability of public opinion is taken and averaged out,
what can be said about overall public opinion over time?
A. the average level of public opinion is very high and shows no downward
trend.
B. the instability and wide swings of opinions indicate an irrational public.
C. the general stability and consistency of opinions indicates a rational
public
D. the average level of public opinion is low and shows no upward trend.
A - ✔✔What is public opinion?
A. attitudes expressed by ordinary people on various political topics
B. uniform views held by the majority of people
C. negative attitudes
D. the views of political officials on topics of policy
D - ✔✔Which of the following is least likely to influence a respondent's
answer about proposed abortion legislation?
A. religion
B. partisanship
C. political ideology
D. citizenship
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