Chapter 5

Question 1

political culture

Answer 1

s a set of attitudes and practices held by a people that shapes their political behavior. It includes moral judgments, political myths, beliefs, and ideas about what makes for a good society

Question 2

political ideology

Answer 2

is a certain ethical set of ideals, principles, doctrines, myths or symbols of a social movement, institution, class, and/or large group that explains how society should work, and offers some political and cultural blueprint for a certain social order.

Question 3

Equality of opportunity

Answer 3

a political ideal that is opposed to caste hierarchy but not to hierarchy per se. The background assumption is that a society contains a hierarchy of more and less desirable, superior and inferior positions.

Question 4

Equality of Results

Answer 4

political concept which is central to some political ideologies and is used regularly in political discourse, often in contrast to the term equality of opportunity.

Question 5

political efficacy

Answer 5

is the citizens’ faith and trust in government and their belief that they can understand and influence political affairs. It is commonly measured by surveys and is used as an indicator for the broader health of civil society.

Question 6

Silent Majority

Answer 6

is an unspecified large majority of people in a country or group who do not express their opinions publicly.

Question 7

liberal

Answer 7

s a political philosophy or worldview founded on ideas of liberty and equality.

Question 8

conservative

Answer 8

n adherent or advocate of political conservati

Question 9

libertarian

Answer 9

is a political philosophy that upholds liberty as its principal objective. Libertarians seek to maximize autonomy and freedom of choice, emphasizing political freedom, voluntary association, and the primacy of individual judgment.

Question 10

Populist

Answer 10

a member or adherent of a political party seeking to represent the interests of ordinary people.

Question 11

political elite

Answer 11

s a small group of people who control a disproportionate amount of wealth or political power. In general, elite means the more powerful group of people

Question 12

New Deal Coalition

Answer 12

was the alignment of interest groups and voting blocs in the United States that supported the New Deal and voted for Democratic presidential candidates from 1932 until the late 1960s.

Question 13

random sample

Answer 13

is a sequence of independent, identically distributed (IID) random variables

Question 14

focus group

Answer 14

is a form of qualitative research in which a group of people are asked about their perceptions, opinions, beliefs, and attitudes towards a product, service, concept, advertisement, idea, or packaging.