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33 Cards in this Set
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politics
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art of manipulation, coercion, negotiation
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political education
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how one is educated about political beliefs
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cognative socialization
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learning facts and data about political topics
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affective socialization
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learning opinions or values about political topics
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4 questions dealt with by socialization experts
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A) from whom
B) how permanent C) what specific methods D) at what age |
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agents of socialization
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whom do they learn from
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etticacy
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belief that one can make a difference
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cognative dissonance
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mental anxiety or stress, leads to selective perception or perpetual screening
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imitation/association method
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learning
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operant conditioning method
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learn by the condition to do something (environment, reward and punishment)
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small children
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understand basic concepts, helps build patriotism
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older (6 grade)
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learns fundamental structure of govt., minorities are negative towards govt.
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political culture
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general set of political beliefs and opinions held in common by a group of people in a certain region
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american political culture
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A) freedom
B) democracy C) capitalism |
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socialism
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govt. owns and runs businesses
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Daniel Elazar
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wrote "American Federalism: A View From The States"
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"American Federalism: A View From The States"
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A) traditionalism
B) moralistic C) individualistic |
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traditionalism
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Found in the South
A) politics are dirty B) govt. are elitist C) purpose of govt. is to protect the statue quo |
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moralism
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Northern US/Rocky Mts.
A) govt. is a force for good B) politics are honorable C) politics should be inclusive D) help everyone, esp. poor |
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individualistic
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Midstates
A) govt should be run like a business with no amateurs B) strong belief in capitalism C) gov. goal is to protect the market D) acceptance of corruption |
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positive participation
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legal, accepted by the public (petition, voting, ect)
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negative participation
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illegal, popularly unaccepted forms (blackmail, terrorists, ect)
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civil disobedience
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neither positive or negative. violates a bad law intentionally to bring it to public attention (sit ins)
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allienation
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participation in useless and is ineffective
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cynicism
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distrust or lack of faith in govt.
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apathy
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lack of concern
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causes for negative attitudes
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A) corruption in govt
B) difficulty of problems faced by govt C) negativism of press D) govt is taking away basic rights |
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recall
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removal of an elected official from office
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initiative
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use of a petition to add an item to a ballot, bypasses the legislature
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referendum
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use of a petition to add an item to a ballot, already passed by legislature
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public opinion
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govt finds prudent to heed
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Walter Lippman
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wrote "Public Opinion"
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"Public Opinion"
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A) people do not have time
to be informed B) are not well educated C) do not have the knowledge D) have no desire E) don't share a consensus F) no good way to measure public opinions G) public poles are too expensive H) public sets moral boundries for elected officials |