POLI 2051 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Party System, Internet Television, Indirect Election
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An * means that the question or questions from this section have been particularly problematic in the past. In a democracy, there has to be a connection between what the public wants and what the government does (rep democracy). Political socialization: complex process in which individuals learn about politics. We learn these things; they occur throughout our lives. Generational effects- specific age groups uniquely affected by set of events like vietnamr the great depression. Life cycle effects- political views affected by maturation. Period effects- historical events affect everyone: ex: end of cold war made people want to spend less in defense. School- us history and how to be a good citizen. Our behavior may also be based on our biology. We used to have to guess, but now we do polls. The statistical theory of sampling- a sample of individuals selected by chance from any population is representative of that population.
