POLS 206 exam 2 questions with correct answers

public opinion CORRECT ANSWER sum of individual attitudes or beliefs about an issue or question political socialization CORRECT ANSWER The study of people forming their political ideals, process through which we acquire our political orientation, lifelong process of acquiring political values public opinion polls CORRECT ANSWER Sampling error (not a good sample of people), nonresponse bias (not answering), response bias (wrong info), Bad question wording, Coverage bias (not being equally representing of every person), mind changers internet polling (self selection) trust in government CORRECT ANSWER Government trust dropped in 1972 after Nixon and Watergate, went way up in 2002 because Bush? 64 people really started not trusting government political ideology CORRECT ANSWER a coherent set of beliefs about politics, public policy, public purpose, and appropriate role of government in society, gives zprefercens to people even with no stake in the issues american voters CORRECT ANSWER Ideologues (least), Group benefits (the groups they like/dislike), Nature of the times (most), No issue content (looks/personality)