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PS 103 Exam 2 Study GuideAlexis de Tocqueville - correct answer ✔author of "New Science of Politics",
wrote about public opinion, democracy, and said that public opinion will
always prevail
political culture - correct answer ✔what unites/distinguishes: broadly shared
views and beliefs and attitude about politics, government, citizenship, and
economics, "American Dream", elections
classical liberalism - correct answer ✔ideas of Locke: emphasize rights and
liberties, limited government, capitalism/free markets, equality of opportunity,
equality before the law/political equality, popular sovereignty and majority rule
civic republicanism - correct answer ✔emphasizes individual liberty and
common good, citizenship and political participation, and public service
The American Dream - correct answer ✔a broad idea which includes:
education, hard work, social mobility, prosperity, and leaving a better life for
one's children
Keeping the faith - correct answer ✔American political ideas are good but
imperfectly realized, when we are true to our ideals we prosper, when we are
not, we don't; progress is necessary when possible, America is a work in
progress
public opinion - correct answer ✔citizen's views on politics and government
action; largely based on a person's family
, latent opinions - correct answer ✔an opinion formed on the spot. when it is
needed (as distinct from a deeply held opinion that is stable over time)
political ideology - correct answer ✔(liberal or conservative) a way of
describing political beliefs in terms of a position on the spectrum running from
liberal to moderate to conservative
contemporary liberalism - correct answer ✔concerned with equality, social
reform, and social justice; concern for the problems faced by minorities,
women, the poor, and the working class; see an important role for government
in promoting greater equality and justice
contemporary republicanism - correct answer ✔social conservatives who
favor traditional (religious) values; fiscal conservatives (and libertarians) favor
greater liberty, especially in economic life; both social and fiscal conservatives
(and libertarians) are wary of government activity
political socialization - correct answer ✔the process by which an individual's
political opinions are shaped by other people and the surrounding culture
group identity - correct answer ✔the general beliefs and concerns of a
specific social category (gender, race, income, and education level)
the gender gap - correct answer ✔the difference in the way males and
females look at political events and the way they vote; political trends seen in
the genders
mass surveys - correct answer ✔a way to measure public opinion by
interviewing a large sample of the population
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