Govt 2305 - Political Opinion - Ch 08 Part 1
This game reviews students on the American Government topic of political opinion.
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Topics of this game:
- When individual attitudes about government, policies, and issues are added together as a measurement of public sentiment, this is best described as
- In 2014, a white police officer shot and killed _____________, leading to candlelight vigils and intense street demonstrations
- The death(s) of ______________ directly contributed to the growth of the Black Lives Matter movement.
- The death of Michael Brown led to protests and riots in the town of
- In 2016, the Black Lives Movement was hurt by the sniper-style deaths of police officers in
- When a small portion of the public are sampled in order to draw conclusions about the views of the larger population on an issue, political scientists describe this as a(n)
- In a public survey administered twice in August 2014, respondents felt that the reaction of local residents to the Michael Brown shooting was
- When a national sampling of respondents was asked "do you think the police reaction to the protests in Ferguson has been reasonable or unreasonable?" the majority of respondents in the first poll (prior to the riots) said __________________ and the majority in the 2nd poll (after the riots) felt the actions of the police was/were ________.
- In a national survey conducted in August 2014, 80% of _________ felt the case raised important issues about race
- The two components of public opinion are
- A preconceived and often oversimplified idea about something that people as a filter to the world is a(n)
- ______________ is a combination of cognition and affect that contributes to any one answer to any question or evaluation.
- When individuals pick up on pieces of information in order to help them form political opinions, these pieces are called
- In the 2016 election campaign season, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton both used coded words, messages, and phrases that are commonly understood by particular groups of their base as a signal for specific actions or beliefs. These are often described as
- A candidate brings a small group of individuals together in order to have a directed conversation with the aim of uncovering patterns of thinking about issues and individuals. This is called a(n)
- Which of these can help a candidate or decision-maker to understand the intense preferences of a small group rather than the overall preferences of all citizens?
- The theory of group identification that describes the ways in which individuals tie their own life chances to those of members of a group that share their lived experiences is called
- Liberalism, conservativism, socialism, and libertarianism are all examples of
- The recent Walmart shooting in El Paso was a sudden and dramatic event that drew our attention to issues such as race, immigration, and gun control. Based on terminology introduced in the textbook, this makes it a
- In recent years, public opinion has been divided over the actions of Colin Kaepernick, especially after he was called out by President Trump for his actions. What did he do to garnish such attention?
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