POLS 2311 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+
One who spends hours listening to partisan talk shows will likely be
Ans✓✓✓misinformed
The economy of the United States is consider primarily a Ans✓✓✓Free
market system
Politics in the United States are kept within peaceful bounds by which of
the follow? (select any that apply) Ans✓✓✓free markets
consitutionalism
autocracy
democracy
Critical thinking is best described as the process of forming an opinion
after weighing the relevant facts Ans✓✓✓True
The ability of persons, groups, or institutions to influence political
developments is called Ans✓✓✓Power
A constitutional system has legtimate lawful restrictions on a
government's power. Ans✓✓✓True
The text describes _________________ as a defining characteristic of
American politics. Ans✓✓✓The widespread sharing of power
, Americans generally believe that the people are the ultimate soure of
governing authority. 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✓✓✓Cognitize Laziness
Sociologist C. Wright Mills was a proponent of the theory of
Ans✓✓✓Elitism
Among adults 25 years of age and older, roughly half are college
graduates. Ans✓✓✓False
The Declaration of Independence states that governments get their "just
powers" from Ans✓✓✓"the consent of the governed."
A significant obstacle to critical thinking that has recently emerged is
Ans✓✓✓changes in the media landscape
Self-sufficiency is consistent with the idea of individualism.
Ans✓✓✓True
On most issues, according to "pluralism" Ans✓✓✓it is the preferences
of special interests that largely determine what government does.
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+
One who spends hours listening to partisan talk shows will likely be
Ans✓✓✓misinformed
The economy of the United States is consider primarily a Ans✓✓✓Free
market system
Politics in the United States are kept within peaceful bounds by which of
the follow? (select any that apply) Ans✓✓✓free markets
consitutionalism
autocracy
democracy
Critical thinking is best described as the process of forming an opinion
after weighing the relevant facts Ans✓✓✓True
The ability of persons, groups, or institutions to influence political
developments is called Ans✓✓✓Power
A constitutional system has legtimate lawful restrictions on a
government's power. Ans✓✓✓True
The text describes _________________ as a defining characteristic of
American politics. Ans✓✓✓The widespread sharing of power
, Americans generally believe that the people are the ultimate soure of
governing authority. 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✓✓✓Cognitize Laziness
Sociologist C. Wright Mills was a proponent of the theory of
Ans✓✓✓Elitism
Among adults 25 years of age and older, roughly half are college
graduates. Ans✓✓✓False
The Declaration of Independence states that governments get their "just
powers" from Ans✓✓✓"the consent of the governed."
A significant obstacle to critical thinking that has recently emerged is
Ans✓✓✓changes in the media landscape
Self-sufficiency is consistent with the idea of individualism.
Ans✓✓✓True
On most issues, according to "pluralism" Ans✓✓✓it is the preferences
of special interests that largely determine what government does.
