POLI 2051 Christopher Kenny LSU Test 2 Questions and Answers 100% Pass

POLI 2051 Christopher Kenny LSU Test 2 Questions and Answers 100% Pass 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 political socialization - the process by which individuals come to have certain core beliefs and political attitudes EMILY CHARLENE © 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2 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 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 EMILY CHARLENE © 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 3 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 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. EMILY CHARLENE © 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 4 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 watchdog - the role of the media in scrutinizi