front 1 A recent survey found out that a plurality of the public says they follow government and public affairs | back 1 some of the time |
front 2 In recent years, American public opinion has | back 2 shifted to the right |
front 3 Research indicates that the transmission of political attitudes from parents to their offspring is substantial only when | back 3 attitudes relate to topics that regularly come up in family discussions |
front 4 Which of the following is true of public opinion surveys that rate how well the president is handling the job | back 4 they can vary significantly over time |
front 5 Most Americans | back 5 have positive images about their countr's political, social, and economic insitutions |
front 6 What is the theory suggesting tat there are some things that can be learned only early in life and other things that can be learned only later in life called | back 6 cognitive development theory |
front 7 The first political thoughts acquired by a small child is a | back 7 psychological attachment to America. primitive sense of identification. sense of external authority above parental authority. |
front 8 What is the largest substantially different subculture in the United States? | back 8 African Americans |
front 9 On what basis have acts of civil disobedience been justified | back 9 morality |
front 10 The principal explicit teacher of information about politics is | back 10 the school |
front 11 Major political and social events seem to have the most powerful and lasting effect on those who experience them in their | back 11 teens and early twenties |
front 12 All of the following are factors that motivate people to participate in politics except a | back 12 low sense of political efficacy |
front 13 According to Verba and Nie, what category of citizen participation comprises about 4% of the population that consists of mainly lower status-groups, Catholics, and urban dwellers, and shows little partisan or ideological involvment | back 13 parochial participants |
front 14 According to the rational actor model, which of the following activities would be considered the most rational and effective form of political participation? | back 14 collective activities |
front 15 True or False, Americans tend to support equality of opportunity over equality of result? | back 15 True |
front 16 True or False, The public's high degree of interest in politics is substantiated by people's high level of knowledge of politics | back 16 False |
front 17 According to Verba and Nie, what is the most common form of participation in all democracies | back 17 voting |
front 18 What is the percentage of Americans who say that they have themselves broken the law in a protest for political or social cause is? | back 18 0.02 |
front 19 True or False, Most studies have shown a strong relationship between public opinion and public policy | back 19 False |
front 20 True or False, The highest rates of political activity are among people with a strong commitment to a political party | back 20 True |
front 21 True or False, Once in school, children tend to become less partisan | back 21 True |
front 22 True or False, One of the most common methods of political participation in the United States is the direct contact of public officials | back 22 False |
front 23 True or False, Political socialization differs widely between distinctive political subcultures in the United States | back 23 True |
front 24 True or False, The effect of school as an agent of political socialization is sudden and dynamic as the children enters grade school | back 24 False |