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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following conclusions can be made about voting behavior?Young people turn out more than any other age groupMinorities generally support Republican candidatesSoutherners vote more than NorthernersVoting is a class-based activity
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich section of the country has the lowest voter turnout?SouthNortheastMidwestWest
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich class of people has the highest percentage of voter turnout?MiddleLowerUpperupper-middle
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe process by which individuals acquire their opinions is calledpopular culture.social communication.socioeconomic change.political socialization.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceStudies indicate that children whose parents participate in civic life are ________ to do themselves.about as likelymore likelyless likelymuch less likely
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following represents the MOST effective way for a president to manage news coverage?Controlling the flow of informationstaying on the defensivehaving different staff members speak to the pressexplaining a policy issue multiple times
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following political socialization agents has the overall greatest impact on forming political beliefs?demographic characteristicspolitical leadersgroupsschool
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich factors have social scientists argued exert the strongest influence on political socialization?family and the mediafamily and schoolschool and the mediacivic participation and the media
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich socialization agent has the first major impact on a child?peerschurchfamilymedia
- 10. Multiple ChoiceSince 1956, the first- through twelfth-grade Weekly Reader student poll has correctly predicted the outcome of every presidential election. What is the best explanation for this?Children mimic that behavior of their parents.The media have a strong influence on children.It is a highly effective random sample.Children are likely to vote like the majority of their community, therefore making the poll an accurate predictor.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT a way in which the media contributes to political socialization of Americans?
The media can skew people's perception of public policy priorities.
The media educate the public about policy issues.
The media play a stronger role than any other agent of socialization.
The media acts as an agent of political socialization
- 12. Multiple ChoiceAmong white voters, a large proportion of highly religious people areIndependentDemocratLibertarianRepublican
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhite Protestants are MOST likely to voteIndependentRepublicanDemocratLibertarian
- 14. Multiple ChoiceNo matter how religious they are, ________ are likely to identify themselves as Democrats.White AmericansAsian AmericansAfrican AmericansLatino Americans
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe largest proportion of nonreligious Americans areDemocratRepublicanIndependentLibertarian
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe primary function of peers as socialization agents is tochallenge our ingrained perspectives from childhood.prompt us to conform to societal norms.reinforce existing beliefs and attitudes.lead us to embrace diversity.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceOut of the following groups, which youth cohort is the most politically engaged?African AmericansNative AmericansLatinosAsian AMericans
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWomen are more likely to vote than men in every age group EXCEPTthose under 25.those aged 25-34.those aged 35-44.those aged 45-54.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Polls measuring approval of the way President Obama handled his job show that
men consistently give the president a higher rating than women do.
women consistently give the president a higher rating than men do.
men and women give the president essentially the same approval rating.
men gave the president a higher approval rating than women did until 2011, when the trend switched.
- 20. Multiple ChoiceGenerational effects tend to be felt most strongly by which group?Old peoplewomenyoung peoplemen
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these events is a strong example of the generational effect on oldest Americans?World War IISeptember 11, 2001the Vietnam Warthe Persian Gulf War
- 22. Multiple ChoiceAmong the important regional differences in political outlook in the United States is that betweenthe Northeast and the South.the Northeast and the West.the Midwest and the West.the South and the West.
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhich regions tend to favor the Democrats?the Northeast and the Midwestthe West Coast and the Souththe South and the West Coastthe Northeast, the West Coast, and most major cities
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following are examples of manifestations of popular opinion?public demonstrationspublic demonstrations; writing letters to the editor in local newspapers; and writing to congressmenand other federal officialswriting letters to the editor in local newspaperswriting to congressmen and other federal officials
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is the EARLIEST example of American politicians trying to shape public opinion?the publication of The Federalist PapersLincoln's Gettysburg AddressWilliam Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech in the 1890sAbolitionist newspapers published in the years before the Civil War
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following statements about public opinion is NOT true?Public opinion is itself a socializing agent.Public opinion is only recently important to American politics.Public opinion is manifested in many ways.Public opinion is measured in part through the act of voting.
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following BEST describes a straw poll?representativeunscientificcrediblerandom
- 28. Multiple ChoiceBecause it is impossible to measure everyone's opinions, pollsters frequently rely onquota sampling.stratified sampling.qualitative sampling.random sampling.
- 29. Multiple ChoicePollsters that structure a sample so that it is representative of the characteristics of a target population are using what type of sampling?random samplingstratified samplingquota samplingqualitative sampling
- 30. Multiple ChoiceFor the purposes of stratified sampling, how many sampling regions are there in the United States?twofourfivesix
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