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What is age-cohort tendency?
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The tendency for a significant break in the pattern of political socialization to occur among younger citizens, usually as the result of a major event or development that disrupts pre-existing beliefs.
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What is agents of socialization?
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Those agents, such as the family and the media, that have significant impact on citizens' political socialization.
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Who are conservatives?
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Those who believe government does too many things that should be left to firms and individuals but look to government to uphold traditional social values.
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What is ideology?
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A consisten pattern of opinion on particular issues that stems from a core belief or set of beliefs.
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Who are liberals?
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Those who believe government should do more to solve the nation's problems but reject the notion that government should favor a particular set of social values.
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Who are libertarians?
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Those who believe government tries to do too many things that should be left to firms and individuals and who oppose government as an instrument of traditional values.
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What is party idenification?
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The personal sense of loyalty that an individual may feel toward a particular political party.
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What is political socialization?
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The learning process by which people acquire teir political opinions, beliefs and values.
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What is population?
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In a public opinion poll, the people whose opinions are being estimated through interiewers with a sample of these people.
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What are populists?
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Tose who believe government should do more to sole the nation's problems and who look to it to uphold traditional values.
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What is probability sample?
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A sample for a poll in which each individual in the population has a known probability of being selected randomly for inclusion in the sample.
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What is public opinion?
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The politically relevant opinions held by ordinary citizens that they express openly.
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What is public opinion poll?
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A deice for measuring public opinion whereby relatviely small number of individuals (the smaple) is interviewed for the purposee of estimating the opinions of a whole community (the population).
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What is sample?
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In a public opinion poll, the relatively small number of individuals interviewed for the purpose of estimating the opinion of an entire population.
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What is sampling error?
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A measure of the accuracy of a public opinion poll.
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