Deck 10: Political Socialization: The Making of a Citizen

Question 1

The failure of political socialization is always detrimental to the government in power.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Some democratic governments monopolize radio and television broadcasting or own and operate television networks.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Schools exert the most important influence on the formation of individual values.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

In totalitarian societies, good citizenship is characterized by loyalty.

Question 5

The faith that is most strongly associated with academic performance is Buddhism.

Question 6

The Greeks felt that citizenship was more than just an accident of birth. What was the vital core of Greek citizenship?

A)Understanding and participating in complex political issues
B)Voting and participating as needed
C)Caring about the public affairs of your community
D)Making your political voice heard and your views known to everyone in your community
E)All of the above

Question 7

Centrally controlled peer groups have been effective tools of political socialization in totalitarian regimes.

Question 8

Profound difference in perception, outlook, and behavior can often be traced to differences in political culture.

Question 9

The main argument for an all volunteer army is the belief that volunteers make better soldiers than conscripts.

Question 10

What kind of political system defines citizenship simply in terms of a person living within a state's borders?

A)Democratic political systems
B)Authoritarian political systems
C)Totalitarian political systems
D)Elitist political systems
E)All of the above

Question 11

Which of the following statements regarding political socialization is true?

A)The family is the primary influence in the formation of individual values.
B)Lower-class children tend to be inadequately informed about politics.
C)Middle- and upper-class children are more likely to become politically involved than children from lower-class families.
D)Some people may never be completely or successfully socialized.
E)All of the above are correct.

Question 12

Most Americans participate in politics through passive, symbolic, or ritualistic ways.

Question 13

Why don't we use torture more often to get confessions from suspects?

A)America's religions specifically forbid torture.
B)It is against our moral code.
C)The cost is excessive.
D)It is hard to get elected on a torture platform.
E)All of the above are correct.

Question 14

Though secularization has eroded religious beliefs in some parts of the world, they are still essential for understanding political culture.

Question 15

In the United States, the legal system does not always serve the cause of justice.

Question 16

A good person and a good citizen are synonymous.

Question 17

Who, or what, defines what a "good citizen" is?

A)Law
B)Regimes
C)Rulers
D)All of the above
E)None of the above

Question 18

Civil libertarians believe that the essence of citizenship lies in an individual's personal choices.

Question 19

During their years of socialization in elementary school, children are encouraged to develop strong emotional attachments to liberty, democracy, and respect for others.

Question 20

In shaping a person's opinion on most abstract political issues, parents are the strongest socializing influence.

Question 21

Which illegal political behavior below would be considered acceptable in a liberal democracy?

A)Assassination
B)Sabotage
C)Civil disobedience
D)Terrorism
E)Both B and C

Question 22

Which of the following tends to support independent thinking and dissent?

A)Liberal education
B)Democracy
C)Religion
D)Both A and B
E)Both B and C

Question 23

How is the idea of citizenship related to democratic self-government? Can democracy exist without responsible citizens?

Question 24

Which of the following is a position generally supported by women?

A)To not support gun control
B)To support war
C)To support capital punishment
D)To support human rights
E)To not support social programs

Question 25

In which regime type do loyalty and ideological zealotry form the core of good citizenship?

A)Authoritarian
B)Democratic
C)Totalitarian
D)Socialist
E)Both A and C

Question 26

Which aspect of political socialization is less applicable in congressional elections than presidential ones?

A)Family
B)Social class
C)Gender
D)Religion
E)Schools

Question 27

Which of the following is NOT correlated positively with higher levels of education?

A)Awareness of the government's impact on the individual
B)Interest in following the news
C)A desire to discuss politics with a variety of people
D)A greater sense of national identity and attachment
E)A tendency to believe that one can influence the government

Question 28

How have the rapid changes in media access changed the process of political socialization? How are these changes affecting the United States differently than other states?

Question 29

Approximately how much was spent on the 2008 Presidential Election?

A)$675 million
B)$925 million
C)$1.35 billion
D)$1.75 billion
E)$2.25 billion

Question 30

What term describes the process by which the members of a community are taught the values of their society, which prepare them for citizenship?

A)Political ideology
B)Cultural identity
C)Political socialization
D)Idealization
E)None of the above

Question 31

From 2000 to 2010, the "daily time spent" on the Internet by American youth rose from 10% to _____.

A)20%
B)30%
C)40%
D)50%
E)None of the above is correct.

Question 32

What does C. S. Lewis make a powerful case for in his book, The Abolition of Man?

A)To love truth and justice
B)To be bound by the rule of law
C)To allow religion to shape and guide our ethics and morals
D)To be able to recognize the lies and faults of other men
E)None of the above

Question 33

Subject to interpretation, what is arguably the most important word in any language?

A)Yes
B)Evil
C)No
D)Good
E)None of the above

Question 34

Which group tends toward supporting the Republican Party in the United States?

A)Protestants
B)Catholics
C)Jewish
D)Religiously unaffiliated
E)None of the above

Question 35

What are the forms of illegal political behavior and what are they supposed to accomplish? Explain.

Question 36

How do the different components of political socialization interact with one another? What might happen if different components (such as education and religion) come into conflict? Explain.

Question 37

What government agency promotes and preserves media competition in the United States?

A)Federal Communication Commission
B)Department of Commerce
C)Federal Bureau of Inventions
D)Federal Television Commission
E)None of the above

Question 38

American citizenship offers many rights in exchange for few obligations. Should some form of mandatory national service be required from all citizens? Explain.

Question 39

The process of inculcating in potential citizens the fundamental values and beliefs of the established order is known as

A)political culture.
B)civic education.
C)liberal education.
D)political socialization.
E)collective memory.

Question 40

How did George W. Bush elevate the importance of religion into national politics?

A)He made it a foundation of his Administration.
B)He started his "faith-based" initiative.
C)He pushed for more clergy in government.
D)He made the War on Terror a "Holy Crusade."
E)He encouraged religious prayer as part of everyone's civic duty.

Question 41

How is it possible for a country, such as the United States, to build a shared political culture on the basis of immigration from all around the world?