Chapter 6 Quiz Rippee 1st explores key concepts in demography, political socialization, and public opinion. It assesses understanding of population science, informal political learning, and shifts in political power, crucial for students of political science and sociology.
Affirmative action
Low taxes
Increased military spending
Free-market solutions
The right to life
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Minority majority
Melting pot
Immigrant population
Population explosion
Majority minority
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The science of population changes
The science of public opinion
The science of democracy
The U.S. census planning process
Constitutional rules governing reapportionment of Congress
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Political ideology
Polygraphs
Sampling error
The larger the size of the sample, the better
Random sampling
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The process through which an individual acquires his or her political skills
A relatively small proportion of people who are chosen as representative of the whole
The distribution of the population’s beliefs about politics and policy issues
The set of courses that a political science student must complete to attain a degree
A coherent set of values and beliefs about public policy
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An informal learning process
High school civics courses
University political science classes
Direct explanation from their parents
Newspapers
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Can dramatically shift political power between the regions
Affects how much federal aid population groups can receive
Changes the states’ number of representatives in the United States Senate
Has most recently increased congressional representation for New England
Rarely occurs
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Become less important
Change as one’s position in the aging order changes their life conditions
Grow firmer
Lack commitment
Fluctuate more
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They have always voted about as much as whites despite legal barriers
The gap between their voter turnout and that of whites has widened considerably over the past thirty years
Members of these groups are less likely to vote the higher their income
Members of these groups are more likely to vote than whites of the same income level
None of the above
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Group benefits voters
Ideologues
No-issue-content voters
Anti-ideologues
Nature-of-the-times voters
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