Chapter 6- AP Gov
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24 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Public opinion | the distribution of the populations beliefs about politics and policy issues |
| Demography | the science of population changes |
| Census | a valuable tool for understanding demographic changes. The Constitution requires that the government conduct an "actual enumeration" of the population every 10 years |
| Melting pot | the mixing of cultures, ideas, and peoples that has changes the American nation. |
| Minority majority | the emergence of a non-Caucasian majority as concerned with a white, generally Anglo-Saxon majority |
| Political culture | an overall set of values widely shared within a society |
| Reappointment | the process of recalling seats in the House of Representatives every 10 years on the basis of the census |
| Political socialization | according to Richard Dawson "the process through which an individual requires his particular political orientations- his knowledge, feelings, and evaluations regarding his political world." |
| Sample | a relatively small proportion of people who are chosen in a survey so as to be representative of the whole |
| Random sampling | the key technique developed by sophisticated survey researchers, which operates on the principle that everyone should have an equal probablity of being selected for the sample |
| Sampling error | the level of confidence in the findings of a public opinion poll. The more interviewed, the more confident one can be of the results. |
| Random-digit dialing | a technique used by pollsters to place telephone calls randomly to both listed and unlisted numbers when conducting a survey |
| Exit polls | public opinion surveys used by major media pollsters to predict electoral winners with speed and precision |
| Political ideology | a coherent set of beliefs about politics, public policy, and public purpose. It helps give meaning to political events, personalities, and policies |
| Gender gap | a term that refers to the regular patterns by which women are more likely to support Democratic candidates. Women tend to be significantly less conservative than men and are more likely to support spending on social services and to oppose higher levels of military spending |
| Political participation | all of the activities used by citizens toinfluence the selection of political leaders or the policies they pursue |
| Protest | a form of political participation designed to achieve policy change through dramatic and unconventional tactics |
| Civil disobedience | a form of political participation that reflects a conscious decision to break a law believed tp to be immoral and to suffer the consequence |
| Agents of socialization | social institutions that help shape individuals basic political beliefs |
| Liberal | refers to those who generally support social and political reoform, government out of social issues |
| Conservative | refers to those that generally support the social and economic status quo, no big government |
| Selection bias | a polling error that arises when the sample is not representative of the population being studied |
| Push polling | polling technique in which the questions are designed to shape the repspondents opinion |
| Salient interests | attitudes and views that are especially important to the individual holding them |
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