Unit 4

Question 1

political culture

Answer 1

set of attitudes that shape political behavior

Question 2

individualism

Answer 2

belief in the fundamental worth and importance of individual

Question 3

enlightened self-interest

Answer 3

one’s own interest is best served when the good of the group is also considered

Question 4

free enterprise

Answer 4

governemnts should take a laissez-faire apporach; economy would regulate itself over time

Question 5

limited government

Answer 5

government is kept under control by checks and balances

Question 6

valence issue

Answer 6

policies that are viewed the same way by people with various ideaologies

Question 7

wedge issues

Answer 7

issues that sharply divide the public

Question 8

saliency issues

Answer 8

issues with a high level of importance to people

Question 9

libertarians

Answer 9

socially liberal, but fiscally conservative

Question 10

populists

Answer 10

working class families that are protestant; from the south and midwest

Question 11

progressives

Answer 11

workers over corporate rights; wealthy pay more in taxes than the poor

Question 12

what is the biggest influence on political socialization

Answer 12

the family

Question 13

civic institution

Answer 13

non-governmental, voluntary sector

Question 14

globalization

Answer 14

ever expanding and increasingly interactive global economy

Question 15

Impressionable age hypothesis

Answer 15

most people form their political attitudes between ages 14-21

Question 16

lifecycle effects

Answer 16

age of a person impacts a person’s political priorities

Question 17

benchmark poll

Answer 17

used to gather initial info to a candidate

Question 18

tracking poll

Answer 18

same questions over time to track opinion

Question 19

exit poll

Answer 19

poll taken outside polling place to predict the outcome of an election

Question 20

3 factors of polling methodology

Answer 20

objectiveness
question order
framing

Question 21

representative sample

Answer 21

group of people meant to represent a larger population

Question 22

random sample

Answer 22

all members of a population must have an equal chance of selection

Question 23

random digit sample

Answer 23

computer calls random numbers until enough people respond

Question 24

weighting/stratification

Answer 24

making sure demographics are properly represented

Question 25

sampling error

Answer 25

difference between poll results

Question 26

push poll

Answer 26

pulling but trying to get particular responses from a poll

Question 27

bandwagon effect

Answer 27

shift of candidate support to whoever holds the lead in polls

Question 28

non-response bias

Answer 28

when voters do not response to

Question 29

conservative

Answer 29

follow tradition and high reverence for authority

Question 30

liberal

Answer 30

less holding to tradition; want govt to act flexibly

Question 31

moderate

Answer 31

fall between the middle of either side (liberals and conservatives)

Question 32

party platform

Answer 32

shows what the party stands for and what they hope to do

Question 33

majoritiarian policy making

Answer 33

interaction of people with govt in attempt for the govt to carry out the will of the people

Question 34

agenda

Answer 34

list of potential policy ideas, bills, or plans to improve society

Question 36

16th Amendment

Answer 36

income tax

Question 37

flat tax rate

Answer 37

all citizens pay the same tax rate

Question 38

trade balance

Answer 38

import/export ratios of a country

Question 39

NAFTA

Answer 39

lifted trade barriers between Mexico Canada and US

Question 40

Social security act of 1935

Answer 40

created by FDR during the great depression to give a safety net for the elderly