Pt 3: Chapter 6 Vocab

Question 1

Those agents, such as the family and the media, that have significant impact on citizens’ political socialization

Answer 1

Agents of socialization

Question 2

Those who believe government power should be used to uphold traditional values

Answer 2

Cultural (social) conservative

Question 3

Those who believe its not the government’s role to buttress traditional values at the expense of unconventional or new values

Answer 3

Cultural (social) liberal

Question 4

Those who believe government tries to do too many things that should be left to private interests and economic markets

Answer 4

Economic conservative

Question 5

Those who believe government should do more to assist people who have difficulty meeting their economic needs on their own

Answer 5

Economic liberal

Question 6

A general belief about the role and purpose of government

Answer 6

Ideology

Question 7

Those who believe government tries to do too many things that should be left to firms and markets, and who oppose government as an instrument for upholding traditional values

Answer 7

Libertarians

Question 8

The personal sense of loyalty that an individual may feel toward a particular political party

Answer 8

Party identification

Question 9

The learning process by which people acquire their political opinions, beliefs, and values

Answer 9

Political socialization

Question 10

In a public opinion poll, the people (ex: the citizens of the nation) whose opinions are being estimated through interviews with a sample of these people

Answer 10

Population

Question 11

Those who believe government should do more to assist people who have difficulty meeting their economic needs and who look to government to uphold traditional values

Answer 11

Populists

Question 12

The politically relevant opinions held by ordinary citizens that they express openly

Answer 12

Public opinion

Question 13

A device for measuring public opinion whereby a relatively small number of individuals (the sample) is interviewed for the purpose of estimating the opinions of a whole community (the population)

Answer 13

Public opinion poll

Question 14

In a public opinion poll, the relatively small number of individuals who are interviewed for the purpose of estimating the opinions of an entire population

Answer 14

Sample

Question 15

A measure of the accuracy of a public opinion poll; mainly a function of sample size and usually expressed in percentage terms

Answer 15

Sampling error