PSCI 2305 Final Exam
What role do religious agents play in the process of political socialization? - Answer- They tend to reproduce society's core values.
What is priming? - Answer- press coverage of an issue influencing the way people think about related issues
Public approval ratings of ...
PSCI 2305 Final Exam
What role do religious agents play in the process of political socialization? - Answer-
They tend to reproduce society's core values.
What is priming? - Answer- press coverage of an issue influencing the way people
think about related issues
Public approval ratings of presidents tend to be which of the following? - Answer-
cyclical
What role does the media play in setting the political agenda? - Answer- News
outlets choose which stories receive public attention.
A margin of error of +/- 5 in an exit poll would indicate which of the following? -
Answer- The winner's actual vote percentage could be 5 percentage points higher or
lower than predicted by the poll.
Which of the following is true of Texas's population growth? - Answer- The
increasing share of the population made up of ethnic minorities is poised to alter a
political culture historically dominated by Anglos.
Which of the following is correlated with increasingly consistent ideological thinking?
- Answer- increased education
Texas's size and history, as well as its political and cultural variety, have contributed
to the development of what might be called a "pragmatic center." Which of the
following statements is true regarding the pragmatic center in Texas? - Answer- It
tends to reflect relatively conservative, pro-business policy preferences.
Yellow journalism might include which of the following? - Answer- fabricated news
stories
Which of the following would be considered a shortcut in making voting decisions? -
Answer- identifying with a party
Which political group dominated elections at all levels in Texas for nearly a century
following Reconstruction? - Answer- the Democratic Party
What does confirmation bias tell us about consumers of news? - Answer- They like
to receive information that supports their preexisting beliefs.
Which of the following describes classical liberalism? - Answer- the valuing of
political arrangements that permit the fullest exercise of individual liberty without
unreasonably restricting the liberties of others
According to the text, what is the key to proper public opinion studies? - Answer-
scientific measurement
, According to the text, what is attitude consistency? - Answer- political opinions
founded on a set of principles about the function of government
Libertarians tend to be opposed to governmental intervention - Answer- in both the
economic and social spheres.
According to classical liberalism, a key function of government is - Answer-
protection of private property
The process by which a society settles its conflicts and allocates the resulting
benefits and costs is called - Answer- politics.
The key factors in determining the accuracy of an opinion poll are the - Answer- size
of the sample and whether the sample was selected from the population by a
random method
A conservative tends to be opposed to government intervention - Answer- in the
economic but not the social sphere.
Sources of polling error can include - Answer- question wording.
respondents' lack of knowledge or interest in the issue.
question order.
unrepresentative samples.
***All these answers are correct.
What is framing? - Answer- the presentation of information in a way that influences
how people will interpret an event
In a constitutional system, - Answer- there are legal restrictions on a government's
power.
The tendency to tune in to news outlets that support the preexisting beliefs of the
media consumer is known as - Answer- selective exposure
The idea of popular sovereignty refers to the idea that - Answer- the majority has the
right to govern themselves
The way that people acquire beliefs, values, and habits of thought and action related
to government,politics, and society is BEST described as which of the following? -
Answer- political socialization
Classical liberalism emphasizes - Answer- the rule of law
specific functions of the government
the worth of the individual
the possibility of meaningful change
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