Psci 210 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

PSCI 210 Exam 2 Questions with Correct Answers Public Policy Process - Answer-The political interactions that lead to the recognition of a policy problem, the development of a response to it, and the implementation of the response 25th Amendment - Answer-Clarifies an ambiguous provision of the Constitution regarding succession to the Presidency, and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President as well as responding to Presidential disabilities. Off...

The Great Society - Answer 1960s; President Lyndon B. Johnson; -Set of domestic programs proposed by Johnson, - creation of spending programs that addressed education, medical care, urban problems, and transportation focus on an increase in gov't and an increase in services (medicare + medicaid) Regan's Revolution - Answer 1980s - ideology of not wanting to go to the government for everything roll back power of federal gov't due to "inefficiency" (did not work)

What was Locke's influence on the founders - Answer inspired the Anti-Federalists, favored a more limited governement What is felon disenfranchisement? - Answer lose some of their basic rights (i.e. voting) because they broke the social contract Define Federalists - Answer people who supported the constitution; wanted a strong central government (Virginia Plan) -favored bicameral legislature

PSCI 210 Concepts and Terminology Test Questions with Correct Answers Multivariate Analysis - Answer-analysis with multiple explanatory variables Probabilistic - Answer-changes to the independent variable change the probability of the dependent variable Deterministic - Answer-if the independent variable takes on a certain value, the dependent variable will take on a value with certainty Unit - Answer-individual 'noun' for which each variable is measured Observation - Answer-indi...

PSCI 210.01 Exam 1 Study Guide Questions with Correct Answers Social Contract - Answer-Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Groups should work together for social benefits, (i.e. Sacrificing individual freedoms for state protections, etc) Political Culture - Answer-A patterned and sustained way of thinking about how political and economic life ought to be carried out. Federalism - Answer-Government authority shared by national and local governments. Political Ideology ...

Joint Method of Agreement and Difference - Answer variation on both dependent and independent variables Multivariate Analysis - Answer analysis with multiple explanatory variables Probabilistic - Answer changes to the independent variable change the probability of the dependent variable

What are enumerated powers? Define Anti-Federalists

Tabular Analysis analysis that uses a table to record/compare data, uses a categorical independent & dependent variable Chi-Squared Test test that measures how a model compares to actual observed data Difference of Means looking at whether difference between means are statistically significant Difference of Proportions comparison of proportions between two groups Degrees of Freedom number of independent pieces of information in a sample Confidence Interval...

PSCI 210 Exam 1 Study Guide Federalist Party - answer. Formed by Alexander Hamilton. Controlled the government until 1801. Wanted strong nationalistic government. Opposed by Democratic Republicans. New Jersey Plan - answerA framework for the Constitution proposed by a group of small states; its key points were a one-house legislature with one vote for each state, the establishment of the acts of Congress as the "supreme law" of the land, and a supreme judiciary with limited power. Libe...

PSCI 210 Midterm #1 Exam Questions With Correct Answers. Federalism - answerA system in which power is divided between the national and state governments Types of Federalism - answer-Dual -Cooperative -New Federalism -Progressive changes in balance of power (regarding federalism) - answer-changes by administration -vague What was the Supreme Court's view of federalism over time - answer-progresses through court cases What are the benefits/problems of federalism - answerBenefits: cre...