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Test Bank for Gateways To Democracy: Exam 2 Study Guide (Chapters 6-11: In order of how they are found in each chapter + Terms not found in Textbook + Court Cases) American Politics Enhanced 5th Edition by John G. Geer
Test Bank for Gateways To Democracy:
Exam 2 Study Guide (Chapters 6-11: In
order of how they are found in each
chapter + Terms not found in Textbook +
Court Cases) American Politics
Enhanced 5th Edition by John G. Geer
Public Opinion - Chapter 6 - ANSAggregate of individual attitudes or beliefs about certain issues
or officials. - Chapter 6 PG 183
Efficacy - Chapter 6 - ANSExtent to which people believe their actions can affect public affairs
and the actions of government. - Chapter 6 PG 184
Trust - Chapter 6 - ANSExtent to which people believe the government acts in their best
interest. - Chapter 6 PG 184
Non-Attitudes - Chapter 6 - ANSSources of error in public opinion polls in which individuals feel
obliged to give opinions when they are unaware of the issue or have no opinions about it. -
Chapter 6 PG 191
Socialization - Chapter 6 - ANSImpact and influence of one's social environment on the views
and attitudes one carries in life, a primary source of political attitudes. - Chapter 6 PG 192
Independents - Chapter 6 - ANSIndividuals who do not affiliate with either of the major political
parties. - Chapter 6 PG 192
Self Interest - Chapter 6 - ANSConcern for one's own advantage and well being. - Chapter 6 PG
194
Rationality - Chapter 6 - ANSActing in a way that is consistent with one's self interest. - Chapter
6 PG 194
Party Identification - Chapter 6 - ANSPsychological attachment to a political party; partisanship.
- Chapter 6 PG 198
, Political Ideology - Chapter 6 - ANSSet of coherent political beliefs that offers a philosophy for
thinking about the scope of government. - Chapter 6 PG 199
Polarization - Chapter 6 - ANSCondition in which differences between parties and/or the public
are so stark that disagreement breaks out, fueling attacks and controversy. - Chapter 6 PG 202
Minimal Effects Model - Chapter 7 - ANSView of the media's impact as marginal because most
people seek news reports to reinforce beliefs already held rather than to develop new ones. -
Chapter 7 PG 241
Selective Exposure - Chapter 7 - ANSProcess whereby people secure information from sources
that agree with them, thus reinforcing their beliefs. - Chapter 7 PG 241
Not-So-Minimal Effects Model - Chapter 7 - ANSView of the media's impact as substantial,
occurring by agenda setting, framing, and priming. - Chapter 7 PG 241
Agenda Setting - Chapter 7 - ANSAbility of the media to affect the way people view issues,
people, or events by controlling which stories are shown and which are not. - Chapter 7 PG 241
Priming - Chapter 7 - ANSProcess whereby the media influence the criteria the public uses to
make decisions. - Chapter 7 PG 242
Framing - Chapter 7 - ANSAbility of the media to influence public perception of issues by
constructing the issue or discussion of a subject in a certain way. - Chapter 7 PG 242
Interest Groups
(OR CITIZEN'S GROUPS) - Chapter 8 - ANSGroups of citizens who share a common interest -
a political opinion, religious or ideological belief, a social goal, or an economic characteristic -
and try to influence public policy to benefit themselves. - Chapter 8 PG 254
(Groups that form to draw attention to purely public issues that affect all citizens equally. -
CHAPTER 8 PG 261)
Pluralism/Pluralist - Chapter 8 - ANSPluralism - Political system in which competing interests
battle over the direction and content of important policy making.
View of democratic society in which interest groups compete over policy goals, and elected
officials are mediators of group conflict. - Chapter 8 PG 274
Selective Benefits - Chapter 8 - ANSBenefits offered exclusively to members of an interest
group. - Chapter 8 PG 281
Public Goods - Chapter 8 - ANSGoods or benefits provided by government from which
everyone benefits and from which no one can be excluded. - Chapter 8 PG 281
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