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PLSC Exam 3 questions with completesolutions graded A+ already passed
Primary Principle - correct answer ✔✔"what is learned first is learned best"
Selective Incentives Theory - correct answer ✔✔people are brought together by the rewards or
incentives that help them overcome the "free rider" phenomenon
Types of Incentives - correct answer ✔✔-Solidary (friendship, networking)
-Material (insurance, travel packages, discounts)
-Purposive (advocacy, participation)
-Informational (conferences, publications, legal help, collective bargain)
The Three Classes of Media - correct answer ✔✔print, broadcast, and new media
Print Media - correct answer ✔✔communicates information through the publication of written words
Broadcast Media - correct answer ✔✔communicates information electronically through spoken words
via radio and network TV
New Media - correct answer ✔✔communicates via cable and satellite TV, fax, and e-mail; more so
recently, Facebook, Twitter
Political Culture - correct answer ✔✔a set of general, widely shared beliefs, values and norms about how
the political system works
Political Ideology - correct answer ✔✔a set of specific beliefs about power, political values, and the
proper role of government
, How often does the census occur? - correct answer ✔✔every 10 years
Liberal Ideology - correct answer ✔✔-Support active government in the economic sphere
-Want government to address social inequalities, but refrain from interfering with moral choices
--> For Foreign Policy, International Cooperation
Conservative Ideology - correct answer ✔✔-Endorse less government regulation of economic matters
-Believe that public policies should consider the moral choice
--> For Security, Weapon-Prone
Libertarian Ideology - correct answer ✔✔-Believe in sharp limits to the government in both economic
and social affairs
-"Classic Liberals"
--> For Individual Liberties
Populist Ideology - correct answer ✔✔-Supports government intervention in the economy and moral
affairs
Interest Group - correct answer ✔✔- An organized body of individuals who share common goals and try
to influence government decisions in certain policy areas (lobby).
- An organized group of people that makes policy- related appeals to government
Different Ways to Form Interest Groups - correct answer ✔✔-Disturbance Theory
-Selective Incentives Theory
-Entrepreneur Theory
Disturbance Theory - correct answer ✔✔-people are brought together when they are adversely affected
by a disturbance
-some identifiable event that alters the equilibrium in a sector of society
-ex. MADD
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