POLS 110 1st Edition Lecture 11Outline of Last Lecture I. The nature of public opinionII. Variability III. IntensityIV. RelevanceV. LatencyVI. Political knowledgeVII. Sampling theory Outline of Current Lecture I. GalllupII. Sampling theoryIII. Bigger issue: how you askIV. Social acceptabilityV. Political socialization and public opinionVI. School system k-12VII. Higher educationVIII. Peer group Current LectureI. Gallupa. He discovered 1000-1500 people is actually pretty accurate These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.II. Sampling theorya. What happens when the sample isn’t random?b. Is the error random?c. Margin of error is connected to sample size IF the sample is random AND error is randomIII. Bigger issue: how you aska. Biased and unbiased questionsb. Leading questions: put information in questions that pokes someone to think a certain wayc. Confusing questions: sometimes and sometimes not intentional i. Problem is, don’t know if they are bad questions until actually doneIV. Social acceptabilitya. Some issues cannot be directly addressed: racism, sexism, etc.i. Difference of public and private opinionb. Respondents often unwilling to admit to holding politically incorrect opinions c. Pollsters have been trying to find ways to get answers without directly asking the questionsV. Political socialization and public opiniona. Agents of socializationi. Family influences on Activism and Attitudesii. The media’s ever-increasing role in socialization iii. Even if you lose, you accept the legitimacy of the election b. Parental influencei. The assumptions for many years was that parental politics had an enormous influence on partisanshipii. Recent evidence indicates this is not as clear-cut as we thoughtiii. Greater influence on intensity of partisanship and level of involvementVI. School system k-12a. Teaches the basics of American political culturei. Tells all the positive things b. Teaches obedience to authority c. Teaches the omniscience of authorityi. Teacher has eyes in back of her head; you follow rules when no one is watching VII. Higher educationa. Students go to college show increased tolerance and liberalism (non-economic only)i. Evidence doesn’t back that up. College ATTRACTS people who are more liberalb. Appears to be a result of who goes, not what you learnVIII. Peer groupa. Can have an impact, although it is probably minimal compared to other agentsb. Can matter if the peers and parents disagree on issues the person sees as
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