LSU POLI 2051: Exam 2 Questions
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public opinion - ✔✔The collected attitudes of citizens on a given issue or question.
political socialization - ✔✔A complex process through which individuals become aware
of politics, learn political facts, and form political values.
generational effects - ✔✔Specific age group uniquely affected by a set of historical
events.
EX: Vietnam, Great Depression
life cycle effects - ✔✔Political views are influenced by maturation (views that change as
we get older); as we're young we're more liberal and as we get older we mature and
become more conservative.
period effects - ✔✔Historical events affect opinions (end of cold war caused everyone to
want to spend less on defense).
the statistical theory of sampling - ✔✔A sample of individuals selected by chance from
any population is representative of that population.
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, push polls - ✔✔Poses as a survey designed to implant negative information about an
opponent in voters' minds.
exit polls - ✔✔Polling after individuals vote in an election poll.
likely voters - ✔✔Age eligible voters only show for about 50%.
bandwagon - ✔✔A poll showing a particular candidate moving up or surging ahead
and you vote for him because you see that.
undergo effect - ✔✔You vote for someone who seems like they don't have a chance.
liberal - ✔✔Favoring reform, open to new ideas, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior
of others; not bound by traditional thinking; broad-minded.
conservative - ✔✔Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change.
populist - ✔✔A supporter of the rights and power of the people.
libertarian - ✔✔One who advocates maximizing individual rights and minimizing the
role of the state.
sampling error - ✔✔A measuring of the accuracy of a public opinion poll; mainly a
function of sample size and usually expressed in percentage terms.
agents of socialization - ✔✔Those agents, such as family and the media, have significant
impact on citizens' political socialization.
so-called religious right - ✔✔Consists mostly of white, evangelical Protestants
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public opinion - ✔✔The collected attitudes of citizens on a given issue or question.
political socialization - ✔✔A complex process through which individuals become aware
of politics, learn political facts, and form political values.
generational effects - ✔✔Specific age group uniquely affected by a set of historical
events.
EX: Vietnam, Great Depression
life cycle effects - ✔✔Political views are influenced by maturation (views that change as
we get older); as we're young we're more liberal and as we get older we mature and
become more conservative.
period effects - ✔✔Historical events affect opinions (end of cold war caused everyone to
want to spend less on defense).
the statistical theory of sampling - ✔✔A sample of individuals selected by chance from
any population is representative of that population.
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, push polls - ✔✔Poses as a survey designed to implant negative information about an
opponent in voters' minds.
exit polls - ✔✔Polling after individuals vote in an election poll.
likely voters - ✔✔Age eligible voters only show for about 50%.
bandwagon - ✔✔A poll showing a particular candidate moving up or surging ahead
and you vote for him because you see that.
undergo effect - ✔✔You vote for someone who seems like they don't have a chance.
liberal - ✔✔Favoring reform, open to new ideas, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior
of others; not bound by traditional thinking; broad-minded.
conservative - ✔✔Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change.
populist - ✔✔A supporter of the rights and power of the people.
libertarian - ✔✔One who advocates maximizing individual rights and minimizing the
role of the state.
sampling error - ✔✔A measuring of the accuracy of a public opinion poll; mainly a
function of sample size and usually expressed in percentage terms.
agents of socialization - ✔✔Those agents, such as family and the media, have significant
impact on citizens' political socialization.
so-called religious right - ✔✔Consists mostly of white, evangelical Protestants
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