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A quiz on chapter 6 of pols 130, focusing on public opinion. It includes questions on various aspects of public opinion, such as opinion leaders, agenda setting, opinion polls, and media influence. Students are expected to understand concepts like opinion leaders, quota sampling, and the role of education in shaping public opinion.
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public opinion - The aggregate of individual beliefs or attitudes shared by some portion of the adult population is called: strongly supportive of Democrats - African Americans of all religious tendencies have been: It is only shared by Americans with similar backgrounds - Which is NOT true of American political culture? one who is able to influence the opinions of others - An opinion leader is: oppose government intervention in the economy - Those with high incomes tend to: agenda setting - Determining which public-policy questions will be debated or considered is a process known as: be interested in politics - Generally, the more education an individual receives, the more likely it is that the person will: has grown to equal the influence of the family - Many people contend that the media's influence on public opinion: an opinion poll -
A method of systematically questioning a small, selected sample of respondents who are deemed representative of a total population is: it concerns public issues and is publicly expressed - Private opinion becomes public opinion when: taking a large enough random sample - Sampling errors can generally be controlled by: divisive - If the results of an opinion poll looks like the following: (Favor: 44%; Oppose 45%; No Opinion 11%), the results show an example of ____ opinion. entertaining the public - By far, the greatest number of radio and television hours are dedicated to: a consensus - General agreement among the citizenry on an issue is: quota sampling - The survey technique where researchers decide how many persons of certain types they need in a survey and then send out interviewers to find the necessary number of these types inv is less likely to occur from children to the parents - The transfer of political values: different conclusions: some have found a liberal bias, while others have a conservative bias - Studies of the media have reached: there are three or more candidates in the race -