Quiz 8 - Chapter 6 Public Opinion 7

 Question 1 2 out of 2 points Differences in opinion can be influenced by one’s gender. Selected Answer: Tru e Answers: Tru e Fals e  Question 2 2 out of 2 points Policy feedback occurs when interest groups provide congressional testimony during the lawmaking process. Selected Answer: Answers: Fals e Tru e Fals e  Question 3 2 out of 2 points Although there were many fake news stories circulated on Facebook, they were shared far less frequently than nearly every authentic news story about the election. Selected Answer: Answers: Fals e Tru e Fals e  Question 4 2 out of 2 points The top 10 fake news stories circulated on Facebook were shared more widely than the top 10 authentic news stories about the election. Selected Answer: Tru e Answers: Tru e Fals e  Question 5 2 out of 2 points During the formation of an individual’s initial political orientation, the influence of family counts for very little. Selected Answer: Fals e Answers: Tru e Fals e  Question 6 2 out of 2 points Families, social groups, and schools are important institutions where people are politically socialized. Selected Answer: Tru e Answers: Tru e Fals e  Question 7 2 out of 2 points If a person supports a candidate because he or she is the front-runner in a poll, it is an example of the "bandwaggon effect". Selected Answer: Tru e Answers: Tru e Fals e  Question 8 2 out of 2 points More affluent and educated citizens wield an outsized influence over policy makers because they vote at higher rates, and they are more likely to contribute money to political campaigns. Selected Answer: Answers: Fals e Tru e Fals e  Question 9 2 out of 2 points Most rural areas of America are predominantly Democrats. Selected Answer: Answers: Fals e Tru e Fals e  Question 10 2 out of 2 points Political ideologies do not always provide us with a clear opinion on particular policies. Selected Answer: Tru e Answers: Tru e Fals e  Question 11 4 out of 4 points If I decide to support a candidate because I see that he or she is the front-runner in a poll, I become an example of: Selected Answer:  the bandwagon effect Answers: the bellwether effect the illusion of saliency  the bandwagon effect the “bounce” effect push polling  Question 12 4 out of 4 points In public opinion surveys, a sample of the total population: Selected  Answer: must be representative in that the views of those in the sample must accurately and proportionately reflect the views of the whole population Answers: must be based on all the registered voters in the targeted population need be only 25 percent of the targeted population  must be representative in that the views of those in the sample must accurately and proportionately reflect the views of the whole population must be at least 50 percent of the targeted population  Question 13 4 out of 4 points The social desirability effect refers to: Selected  Answer: the fact that respondents report what they expect the interviewer wishes to hear or whatever they think is socially acceptable rather than what they actually believe or know to be true Answers: the tendency for people to shift their electoral support to the candidate whom public opinion polls report as the front-runner the strong desire that people have to express their opinions to survey researchers the bias in surveys that comes from the repeated failure of pollsters to interview respondents who come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds  the fact that respondents report what they expect the interviewer wishes to hear or whatever they think is socially acceptable rather than what they actually believe or know to be true  Question 14 4 out of 4 points Why has President Trump been more likely to use social media than traditional media? Selected Answer:  because he can communicate directly with the public. Answers: because the content is carefully vetted for accuracy before it is made public.  because he can communicate directly with the public. Because he is confident that his followers know the meaning of covfefe. because, unlike traditional media, it is less emotionally charged.  Question 15 4 out of 4 points A political ideology is best defined as: Selected  Answer: a cohesive set of beliefs that form a general philosophy about the government Answers: the basic principles that shape particular attitudes  a cohesive set of beliefs that form a general philosophy about the government the specific preferences individuals contemplate while discussing an issue the various attitudes that citizens possess toward political issues, events, and people  Question 16 4 out of 4 points The belief that government is a wasteful and dangerous institution and should be limited to as few activities as possible is an example of a political: Selected  Answer: ideology Answers: interest truism  ideology culture  Question 17 4 out of 4 points One recent survey showed that two-thirds of Americans believe the government is spending “too little” money on “assistance for the poor.” Yet, another survey conducted at the same time found that only onetenth of Americans believe that the government is spending “too little” on “welfare.” This example shows that: Selected  Answer: small differences in the wording of a question can lead to very different response patterns Answers: selection bias must always be considered when interpreting the results from a poll the findings from some polling agencies should not be trusted  small differences in the wording of a question can lead to very different response patterns polling can never be used to understand public opinion on any issue  Question 18 4 out of 4 points The various attitudes that citizens possess toward political issues, events, and people are called: Selected Answer:  public opinions Answers:  public opinions political values public ideologies political propaganda cultural philosophies  Question 19 4 out of 4 points Which of the following statements about political opinions is NOT true? Selected Answer:  The poor are generally less supportive of economic and social programs than the wealthy. Answers: The poor are generally more supportive of economic and social programs than the wealthy.  The poor are generally less supportive of economic and social programs than the wealthy. Race, income, and education cause important differences in opinion. Whites and blacks have differing views on racism.  Question 20 4 out of 4 points During national protests against police brutality many Americans opposed the president’s actions against peaceful protesters. Strong support for freedom of speech is an example of Selected  Answer: a value Answers: a public opinion an attitude  a value a preference  Question 21 4 out of 4 points The small group selected by pollsters to represent the entire population is called the: Selected Answer:  sample Answers: reliability quotient validity quotient  sample quota  Question 22 4 out of 4 points Research into public opinion and public policy has shown that: Selected  Answer: more-affluent and more-educated citizens have a disproportionate influence over politics and public-policy decisions Answers:  more-affluent and more-educated citizens have a disproportionate influence over politics and public-policy decisions less-affluent and less-educated citizens have a disproportionate influence over politics and public policy decisions nonvoters have a disproportionate influence over politics and public policy decisions every citizen has an equally strong influence over politics and public policy decisions  Question 23 4 out of 4 points Which of the following statements about the relationship between public opinion and government policy is most accurate? Selected  Answer: Although there is no one-to-one correlation between public opinion and government policy, shifts in public opinion on particular issues frequently lead to changes in government policy. Answers: Public opinion always shifts in opposition to government policy once the policy has been implemented.  Although there is no one-to-one correlation between public opinion and government policy, shifts in public opinion on particular issues frequently lead to changes in government policy. Shifts in public opinion almost never lead to changes in government policy. Shifts in public opinion always lead to changes in government policy.  Question 24 4 out of 4 points A liberal would most likely support: Selected Answer:  an expansion in governmental social services Answers: a ban on abortions an increase in the federal military budget prayer in the public schools a reduction in foreign aid for poor countries  an expansion in governmental social services  Question 25 4 out of 4 points In 1936, pollsters at the Literary Digest were guilty of ______ when they mistakenly predicted a presidential victory for Alf Landon over Franklin Roosevelt by polling people whose names came from the telephone book and automobile registration records. Selected Answer:  selection bias Answers: illusion of salience  selection bias random dialing probability sampling  Question 26 4 out of 4 points Which of the following were used by Pres. Bush to maintain support for his War on Terror policy? Selected Answer:  All of the above. Answers: presidential speeches. press releases. press conferences.  All of the above.  Question 27 4 out of 4 points People’s political party preferences are primarily acquired through the influence of: Selected Answer:  their families Answers: the media they consume their education  their families the region of the country they inhabit  Question 28 4 out of 4 points The fact that survey respondents over-report voting in elections and the frequency of their church attendance is an example of: Selected Answer:  the social desirability effect Answers:  the social desirability effect the Hawthorne effect the median voter theorem the bandwagon effect  Question 29 4 out of 4 points The tendency for Black Americans to perceive other Black people as members of a group with a common identity and a shared political interest is called Selected Answer:  linked fate Answers: symbolic racism  linked fate intergroup commonality reverse racism  Question 30 4 out of 4 points Which of the following is an example of the “gender gap”? Selected Answer:  Men are more supportive of Donald Trump’s presidency than women. Answers: Women rank much higher in terms of religiosity than men. Men and women have roughly the same overall levels of support for abortion. Women were granted the right to vote in the United States long after most men did.  Men are more supportive of Donald Trump’s presidency than women.