M3L1 Socialization

Political socialization

A lifelong process by which people form their ideas about politics and acquire political values.

Political ideology

A comprehensive set of political, economic, and social views or ideas concerned with the form and role of government.

Americanism

A belief that Americans consider themselves bound by common values and common hopes.

Civic competence

A belief that one can affect government policies.

Civic duty

The belief that citizens have an obligation to participate in civic and political affairs.

Class consciousness

The tendency to think of oneself as a worker whose interests are in opposition to those of management and vice versa.

Culture war

A split in the United States reflecting differences in people's beliefs about private and public morality, and regarding what standards ought to govern individual behavior and social arrangements.

Political efficacy

The sense that citizens have the capacity to understand and influence political events.

Internal efficacy

Confidence in one's own ability to understand and to take part in political affairs.

External efficacy

The belief that the political system will respond to citizens.

Political culture

A distinctive and patterned way of thinking about how political and economic life ought to be carried out.

Suffrage

The right to vote

Orthodox

One of two camps in the culture war that believes morality is as important (or even more so) than self-expression and that moral rules are derived from God.

Progressive

One of two camps in the culture war that believes personal freedom is more important than traditional rules and that rules depend on the circumstances of modern life.

Political tolerance

The willingness to allow people with whom one disagrees to have the full protection of the laws when they express their opinions

Impact of the Family on political socialization

This is the most important impact on your political socialization.

Impact of the Education on political socialization

Typically this is impacted by peers, but the more a person progresses the more a person challenges social and political assumptions.

Impact of the Community on political socialization

People in rural areas typically develop more conservative views; those in urban areas more liberal views.

Impact of the Media on political socialization

TV, radio, and social media attempt to impact views. MSNBC/Politico are considered liberal, Fox/Breitbart is considered conservative.

Impact of Religion on political socialization

Jewish people are typically liberal, Catholics are mixed, White Southern Baptists are typically conservative, African American Southern Baptists are typically liberal