Review Quiz

Which of the following scenarios best reflects the process of political socialization?

• As media choices increase, individual expand their media consumption to new sources.

• A group is able to attract new members by offering access to a broad network of people.

• An individual takes a civics course in school and develops opinions about politics.

• Members of Congress increasingly vote the same way as other members of their party

Which of the following best describes the concept of political efficacy?

• (A) It is the belief that the average citizen can make little or no difference in an election.

• (A) It is the belief that the media must provide unbiased information for citizens to be able to make well-informed choices.

• It is the belief that an intelligent voting decision cannot be made without information.

• It is the belief that one can make a difference in politics by expressing an opinion and acting politically

1. Which of the following sets of policies appears to be most influenced by a libertarian ideology?

• Expand the welfare state and reduce spending on national defense.

• Eliminate the estate tax and promote government-funded prekindergarten education.

• Increase income taxes on the wealthy to raise revenue for social security benefits.

• Legalize the commercial sale of marijuana and reduce government spending on prisons.

What are agencies of socialization?

• The Department of American Socialization (DAS)

• The Agencies for Social and Economic development

• The family, school, religion and other social institutions that transmit values from one generation to the next

• All the above

What socialization factor has the most influence in determining a person’s degree of political participation?

• Family

• Cable and Internet News

• Religion

• Education

Which socialization factor is the first to influence the political attitudes of individuals?

• Family

• The President

• Elementary school teacher

• Sesame Street

What is political efficacy?

• The feeling that one’s politics beliefs are better than another’s.

• The attachment a person has to a particular political party

• The feeling that one’s political participation makes a difference

• None of the above

What are demographics?

• Demographics are the “measure of the people”

• Demographics are the social indicators or socio-economic status (SES) of individuals in the population

• Demographics indicate race, class, family, religion, residence, age, gender etc

• All the above

What term describes how we define ourselves, define others and make sense of the world around us, and then pass these values from one generation to the next?

• Collective memory

• Culture

• Socialization

• None of the above

The most important agent of socialization in almost every society is 

• family
• peer group
• school
• mass media