Chapter 10 Chapter Exam

. 1. The collective opinions of large segments of the population on an issue, candidate, or public policy on which the public might be much divided and lack consensus is referred to as

a. Public opinion.

b. Social opinion.

c. Opinion.

d. Personal opinion.

. 2. The difference between men and women on such crucial issues as partisan identification and voting for certain candidates is known as the

a. Gender split.

b. Gender divide.

c. Sex divide.

d. Gender gap.

. 3. The process through which a person gains political understanding and forms a set of political beliefs is known as

a. Political culture.

b. Political partisanship.

c. Political socialization.

d. None of the above.

. 4. The attitudes, beliefs, and values that undergird or are at the foundation of a political system are known as

a. Political culture.

b. Political partisanship.

c. Political socialization.

d. None of the above.

. 5. Which of the following is a part of political culture in America?

a. Representative government.

b. Freedom.

c. Equality.

d. All of the above.

. 6. Voting for a specific political party is often tied to

a. Childhood political socialization.

b. Personal ideology.

c. Partisan identification.

d. All of the above.

. 7. An increase in gender consciousness and in the number of women in the male-biased workforce has contributed to

a. Racial differences of opinion.

b. The gender gap.

c. Religious differences of opinion.

d. All of the above.

. 8. Social, economic, and/or political protests are most closely tied to

a. Childhood political socialization.

b. Expressing of group culture.

c. Expressing public opinion.

d. Partisan identification.

. 9. Voting in elections is closely tied to

a. Childhood political socialization.

b. Expressing public opinion.

c. Partisan identification.

d. All of the above.

. 10. The administration of questionnaires to a sample of respondents selected from a particular population to measure opinion is known as

a. Experimental research.

b. Survey research.

c. Social research.

d. None of the above.

. 11. A sample is

a. A large set of people carefully drawn from a larger population to reflect its overall characteristics.

b. A population.

c. A small set of people carefully drawn from a larger population to reflect its overall characteristics.

d. A small set of people drawn from a larger population without regard to its overall characteristics.

. 12. Quota sampling is

a. A general term for a sample selected in accordance with probability theory, which ensures that every person in the population has an equal chance of being selected for the sample.

b. A type of sampling in which individuals to be interviewed are selected based on their proportion or quota in the general population being polled.

c. A type of sampling based on asking respondents for names of other individuals who would be interested in the survey.

d. None of the above.

. 13. Probability sampling is

a. A general term for a sample selected in accordance with probability theory, which ensures that every person in the population has an equal chance of being selected for the sample.

b. A type of sampling in which individuals to be interviewed are selected based on their proportion or quota in the general population being polled.

c. A type of sampling based on asking respondents for names of other individuals who would be interested in the survey.

d. None of the above.

. 14. ___________ refers to the degree of expected error in sampling results that comes from estimating the responses of the population from a sample.

a. Calculation error

b. Sampling error

c. Survey error

d. None of the above

. 15. The difference between how Black candidates poll and how they perform at the ballot box is known as the

a. Bradley effect.

b. Wilder effect.

c. Both of the above.

d. Neither of the above.

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