AP Gov Chapter 6 Public Opinion

public opinion is...

a. the study of population changes

b. the distribution of the population's beliefs about politics and policy issues

c. an actual enumeration of the population conducted every ten years

d. an overall set of values widely shared within society

e. the process through which individuals in a society acquire political attitudes, views, and knowledge

b. the distribution of the population's beliefs about politics and policy issues

which of the following statements about political socialization is true?

a. aging increases political participation as well as the strength of party attachment

because it would be prohibitively expensive to ask every citizen his or her opinion on a whole rang of issues, polls rely on what is called blank of the population

sample

random sampling is considered

the key to the accuracy of opinion polls

public opinion polls are only estimates because

all surveys have a sampling error

which of the following statements about America's trust in government is FALSE?

declining trust in government is likely to lead to increased support for government anti-poverty and anti-racial inequality programs

which of the following differences is an example of the patterns referred to as the gender gap?

women are more likely than men to support democratic candidates

which of the following statements about America's political participation is FALSE?

across all levels of income and education, whites are more likely to participate than blacks

when it comes to questions about the scope of government,

more Americans today believe tat government is getting too powerful compared to America in the mid-1900s

most Americans report never having thought about the scope of government power

a plurality of Americans support more government spending programs such as education, health care, protecting the environment, and fighting crime

many Americans oppose big government in principle, but favor it in practice

demography refers to

the science of population changes

the most recent wave of immigration since WWII has consisted primarily of

Hispanics and Asians

reapportionment occurs after every census to reallocate seats in

the House of Representatives

the process through which an individual acquires his or her particular orientations including his or her knowledge, feelings, and evaluations regarding his or her political world, is known as

political socialization

which of the following statements about political socialization is FALSE?

as people become more socialized with age, their political orientations grow weaker

which of the following statements about processes of political socialization is TRUE?

the older children get, the more television displaces parents as the chief sources of information

sampling error describes

how close a sample estimate is to the real population value

random sampling in public opinion polling operates on the principle that

everyone should have an equal probability of being selected

in their research on politicians' use of public opinion polling, Jacobs and Shapiro found that

politicians track public opinion to help them craft public presentations and win public support for their parties

voters who support a political candidate merely because they see others doing so is called the

bandwagon effect

the procedure for conducting blank includes randomly selected voting places around the country and asking every tenth person how they voted

an exit poll

a political ideology is

a coherent set of values and beliefs about public policy

which of the following statements about the differences between liberals and conservatives is FALSE?

liberals are more likely to favor military intervention around the globe; conservatives are less willing to commit troops to action

conservatives would tend to support each of the following EXCEPT

affirmative action

which of the following statements about America's political ideology is FALSE

the younger the individual, the more likely that person is to be conservative

which of the following is true of income and political participation?

people with higher incomes are more likely to donate money to campaigns, to contact politicians, to attend public meetings, and to sign petitions than individuals at lower income levels