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Q. What is the term for the process by which people acquire their political beliefs?
Political socialization is the process by which people learn about their government and acquire the beliefs, attitudes, values, and behaviors associated with good citizenship. The political socialization process in the United States stresses the teaching of democratic and capitalist values.
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- Q. What is the term for the process by which people acquire their political beliefs?
- Q. What are the four main agents of political socialization quizlet?
- Q. Which of the following have the greatest impact in determining and shaping public policy political parties or interest groups?
- Q. What are the two distinguishing characteristic of political socialization?
- Q. Which of the following defines political culture?
- Q. What are ideological factors?
- Q. What is the difference between political culture and public opinion?
Q. What are the four main agents of political socialization quizlet?
What are the 6 agents of political socialization? The Family, Schools, Mass Media, Peers, Churches and religion, Political Institutions and Leaders. -It is the first agent of socialization that a child encounters.
- Family. First—and often most powerful and lasting.
- School. Powerful since children spend so much time here under specific authority figures.
- Peer groups. Friends, especially important for adolescent and college people.
- Media & Culture.
- Events of the Age.
- Religion.
Q. Which of the following have the greatest impact in determining and shaping public policy political parties or interest groups?
The media and individual citizens both have a great impact in determining and shaping public policy.
Q. What are the two distinguishing characteristic of political socialization?
What are the two distinguishing characteristics of political socialization? Political socialization is cumulative, and is most heavily developed during childhood. sets limits on government action. normally cumulative; political beliefs attained earlier in life tend to be retained to a substantial degree.
Q. Which of the following defines political culture?
Political culture, in political science, a set of shared views and normative judgments held by a population regarding its political system. Hence, the building blocks of political culture are the beliefs, opinions, and emotions of the citizens toward their form of government.
Q. What are ideological factors?
ideological Add to list Share. Ideological is an adjective that describes political, cultural, or religious beliefs. An ideology is a body of ideas, and those who agree with the main idea of something take an ideological stand to support it.
Q. What is the difference between political culture and public opinion?
Public opinion is the collective preferences and attitudes of citizens concerning matters of government and public policy. Political culture, on the other hand, is the deeply rooted norms, values and beliefs a society has about political power and legitimacy.
