Chapter 5

Question 0

Survey research

Answer 0

Gathering of information about public opinion by questioning a representative sample of the population

Question 1

Public opinion

Answer 1

Aggregate of presences and opinions of individuals on significant issues.

Question 2

Halo effect

Answer 2

Tendency of survey respondents to provide socially acceptable answers to questions

Question 3

Bradley effect

Answer 3

Tendency of white voters to not express opposition to a black candidate to pollsters in order to not appear racist

Question 4

Salient issues

Answer 4

Issues about which most people have an opinion

Question 5

Socialization

Answer 5

The learning of a culture and its values

Question 6

Diffuse support(for the political system)

Answer 6

Goodwill toward governmental authority learned early in life

Question 7

Generation gap

Answer 7

Differences i politics and public opinion among age groups

Question 8

Gender gap

Answer 8

Aggregate differences in political opinions between men and women

Question 9

Suffrage

Answer 9

Legal right to vote

Question 10

Property qualification

Answer 10

Early American state requirement of property ownership in order to vote

Question 11

White primary

Answer 11

Democratic Party primary elections in many southern counties in the early part of the twentieth century that excluded black people from voting

Question 12

Literacy test

Answer 12

Examination of a persons ability to read and write as a prerequisite to voter registration outlawed by voting rights act (1965) as discriminatory

Question 13

Poll taxes

Answer 13

Taxes imposed as a prerequisite to voting; prohibited by the 24th amendment

Question 14

19th amendment

Answer 14

The 1920s constitutional amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote

Question 15

26th amendment

Answer 15

The 1971 constitutional amendment guaranteeing 18-year olds the right to vote

Question 16

Motor voter act

Answer 16

Federal mandate that states offer voter registration at drivers licensing and welfare offices

Question 17

Turnout

Answer 17

Number of voters who actually cast ballots in an election as a percentage of people legible to register and vote

Question 18

Registration

Answer 18

Requirement hat prospective voters establish their identity and place of residence prior to an election in order to be legible to vote

Question 19

Political alienation

Answer 19

Belief that politics is irrelevant to ones life and that one cannot personally affect public affairs

Question 20

Protests

Answer 20

Public marches or demonstrations designed to call attention to an issue and motivate others to apply pressure on public officials

Question 21

Civil disobedience

Answer 21

Form of public protest involving the breaking of laws believed to be unjust

Question 22

What is the most common way people participate in politics expressing their political opinion?

Answer 22

The ballot

Question 23

Why is public opinion considered important in democracies?

Answer 23

Democratic governments rest on the consent of the governed

Question 24

Do most Americans follow politics closely enough to develop well informed opinions on many public issues?

Answer 24

No

Question 25

What is the first agent of socialization in a child’s life?

Answer 25

Family

Question 26

What is the major source for political information for Americans?

Answer 26

Television