All of the following are true of public opinion except that |
it plays a small role in our political system |
Which of the following is (are) true? |
Public opinion can be described as the aggregate of individual attitudes shared by some portion of the adult population and there is no single "public," but rather many different publics |
General agreement among the citizenry on an issue is |
a consensus |
The results of an opinion poll that asked if people were willing to allow government agencies to monitor telephone calls and email of Americans showed 41% willing, 52% not willing, and 7% Don’t Know/No answer. This is an example of ______ opinion |
divided |
Private opinion become public opinion when |
it concerns public issues and is publicly expressed |
The process by which people acquire political beliefs and attitudes is called |
political socialization |
Political socialization |
is the way that people acquire their political beliefs and values |
The transfer of political values |
is more likely to occur from parents to children |
Which of the following statements is incorrect? |
In high school, students have little exposure to ideas about the American political system |
Peer groups are most likely to influence political attitudes when |
the peer group is actively involved in political activities |
An opinion leader is |
one who is able to influence the opinions of others because of position, expertise, or personality |
Many people believe that the media’s influence on public opinion |
has grown equal to the influence of the family |
Which of the following is an incorrect statement? |
Most politicians have avoided networking systems because they fear the connections with the public |
The forms of media |
include talk radio and cable networks centered around the news |
Which of the following is (are) true? |
More important than age is the impact of significant political events that shape the political attitudes of an entire generation |
The generational effect refers to |
the long-lasting impact of significant events on the generation that came of age at that time |
Having a college education |
no longer means that an individual is likely to vote for a particular party |
In recent years, |
professionals with advanced degrees have moved toward the Democrats |
The rich tend to be |
economically conservative and socially liberal |
The poor tend to be |
economically liberal and socially conservative |
Jewish voters tend to |
be more liberal than average on economic and cultural issues |
With regard to voting and religion, |
African American voters strongly support Democrats, evangelicals are both split politically between liberals and conservatives, fundamentalists most often are conservative, and church attendance seems to influence voting patterns |
African Americans tend to be |
somewhat conservative on certain cultural issues such as gay marriage and abortion |
Which of the following is an incorrect statement? |
most African Americans have supported the Republican Party since the 1930s |
Which of the following is (are) true? |
There was little evidence of a gender gap before the 1980s, Men approved of President Reagan’s performance more than women did, Women are more likely to support Democratic causes, and Women hold different attitudes on a range of issues from men |
American women are more likely |
to support social welfare programs |
Currently, which of the following regions are more supportive of the Republicans than the Democrats? |
The South, the Great Plains, and the Rocky Mountain states |
Why did the Literary Digest incorrectly predict that Alf Landon would defeat Franklin Roosevelt in the presidential election of 1936? |
The Literary Digest only polled its subscribers, who were more affluent than the average American and thus more antagonistic toward Roosevelt’s policies |
Modern polling was developed |
in the 1930s by George Gallup and Elmo Roper |
A random sample means that |
every person in the target population has an equal chance of being selected |
The survey where researchers first decide how many persons of certain types they need and then send out interviewers to find the necessary number of those types is |
quota sampling |
Usually, the Gallup or Roper polls interview |
about 1,500 people in a nationwide sample |
The phenomenon of certain attitudes occurring at certain chronological ages is known as |
the lifestyle effect |
The answers given by respondents to poll questions are influenced by all of the following except |
compensation offered to the respondents |
All of the following are true of self-selection sample except that |
polls that use self-selected respondent have as accurate samples as those using other methods |
Respondents are given misleading information in the questions they are asked in order to persuade them to vote against a candidate in |
push polls |
Push polls |
are now used throughout all levels of U.S. politics–local, state, and federal |
All of the following are true about technology and opinion polls except that |
the media are careful to disregard non-scientific polls and to report on only scientifically conducted surveys |
Which of the following is true? |
Cell phone numbers are not included in random digit dialing programs or listed in telephone directories, limiting the ability of telephone polls to reach many people |
Public opinion affects the political process |
because it is a source of power for elected officials who take positions supported by the people |
Chapter 6- Public Opinion and Political Socialization
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