POSC 225 Final Exam (JMU)
Public Good - correct answer ✔Something that can be reproduced easily
and costs very little money, if any at all
Example: Clean Air
Private Good - correct answer ✔Something that cannot be produced easily
and if usually very expensive
Example: Smartphone
News Media Bias - correct answer ✔Representation of info that reflects
emphasis on an underlying value
New Media Accuracy - correct answer ✔
Random Sampling - correct answer ✔Polling from a relatively representative
sample of the population by selecting participants at random
Sampling Error - correct answer ✔A calculation of how closely the results
reflect the attitudes or characteristics of the full population that's been
sampled; a larger sample has a lower margin of error
Federalist Government - correct answer ✔Upper and lower governments
both influence each other and its citizens
Confederal Government - correct answer ✔Lower government has power
over citizens and national government
, Unitary Government - correct answer ✔Very centralized; all authority to
national government
Three-Fifths Compromise - correct answer ✔Decision that slaves would be
worth ⅗ of a person in regards to voting
Apportionment - correct answer ✔Establishment of how each state is
represented; how many representatives each state gets in Congress
Redistricting - correct answer ✔Re-drawing district lines in order to change
voting districts
Trustee Representation - correct answer ✔Elected representatives act with
liberty to do what they believe is best for constituents
Instructed Delegate Representation - correct answer ✔Elected
representatives act on specific stated wishes of constituents
Politico Representation - correct answer ✔Elected representative acts as a
combination of trustee and delegate, depending on the situation
Political Party - correct answer ✔Organization of ideologically similar people
that nominates and elects its members to office in order to run government
and shape public policy
Party Polarization - correct answer ✔The furthering separation between
political parties due to more identity with national parties, social issues,
expanding communication technology, media consolidation, and
gerrymandering
Public Good - correct answer ✔Something that can be reproduced easily
and costs very little money, if any at all
Example: Clean Air
Private Good - correct answer ✔Something that cannot be produced easily
and if usually very expensive
Example: Smartphone
News Media Bias - correct answer ✔Representation of info that reflects
emphasis on an underlying value
New Media Accuracy - correct answer ✔
Random Sampling - correct answer ✔Polling from a relatively representative
sample of the population by selecting participants at random
Sampling Error - correct answer ✔A calculation of how closely the results
reflect the attitudes or characteristics of the full population that's been
sampled; a larger sample has a lower margin of error
Federalist Government - correct answer ✔Upper and lower governments
both influence each other and its citizens
Confederal Government - correct answer ✔Lower government has power
over citizens and national government
, Unitary Government - correct answer ✔Very centralized; all authority to
national government
Three-Fifths Compromise - correct answer ✔Decision that slaves would be
worth ⅗ of a person in regards to voting
Apportionment - correct answer ✔Establishment of how each state is
represented; how many representatives each state gets in Congress
Redistricting - correct answer ✔Re-drawing district lines in order to change
voting districts
Trustee Representation - correct answer ✔Elected representatives act with
liberty to do what they believe is best for constituents
Instructed Delegate Representation - correct answer ✔Elected
representatives act on specific stated wishes of constituents
Politico Representation - correct answer ✔Elected representative acts as a
combination of trustee and delegate, depending on the situation
Political Party - correct answer ✔Organization of ideologically similar people
that nominates and elects its members to office in order to run government
and shape public policy
Party Polarization - correct answer ✔The furthering separation between
political parties due to more identity with national parties, social issues,
expanding communication technology, media consolidation, and
gerrymandering
