Public Opinion

Question 1

Public opinion

Answer 1

values and attitudes citizens hold about political issues, events, and candidates

Question 2

Values

Answer 2

deep-rooted goals and ideals shaping political participation (long term)

Question 3

Attitudes

Answer 3

specific feelings, beliefs, thought on issues and events

Question 4

Civic Culture

Answer 4

free fair and meaningful elections, rights/liberties for winning, rule of law, civic culture (beliefs that support civilian participation), trust in system, and political knowledge

Question 5

Non-Attitudes

Answer 5

result from lack of knowledge, change opinions easily

Question 6

Political Knowledge

Answer 6

most citizens know little about politics

Question 7

Rational Ignorance

Answer 7

they free ride off attention/knowledge of cue givers and know just enough to predict the outcomes of policies

Question 8

Ideology

Answer 8

An elaborate set of organized, internally consistent attitudes that allow one to understand, evaluate, and respond to politics

Question 9

Conservatism

Answer 9

on right end of the spectrum

Question 10

Liberalism

Answer 10

on the left end of the spectrum

Question 11

Constraint

Answer 11

We can predict attitudes based on stances of views, a key requirement for being ideological

Question 12

Sources of Public Opinion

Answer 12

parents, education, ideology and constraint, self-interests, partisan identification and groups,

Question 13

Puzzle of individual v. aggregate opinion change

Answer 13

individual opinion (not very stable); aggregate opinion (stable over time; when it changes it makes sense)

Question 14

Cues/Heuristics

Answer 14

Cues=someone primes you/tells you what to think; Heuristics= person discovers on their own

Question 15

Stereotyping

Answer 15

(one of the ways ethnocentrism is expressed) beliefs we possess about social groups

Question 16

Priming

Answer 16

The psychological process of shaping people’s perception of a particular issue, figure, or policy

Question 17

Framing

Answer 17

establishes the context for an issue in such a way as to emphasize certain aspects over others

Question 18

Thermostat Model

Answer 18

when policy moves in one direction, public opinion moves in other direction, and then policymakers respond

Question 19

Negative partisanship

Answer 19

result of membership in parties being aligned with race, religion etc., difficult for parties to work together for common goal, increased separation

Question 20

Racial Resentment

Answer 20

idea of other people were oppressed and rose up, so blacks can do it too (they dont try hard enough)