AP Govt. Chapter 6 Flashcards

7290848478	Agenda setting	Determining which public policy questions will be debated or considered.	0
7290848479	Consensus	General agreement among the citizenry on an issue.	1
7290848480	Divisive opinion	Public opinion that is polarized between two quite different positions.	2
7290848481	Gender gap	The difference between the percentage of women who vote for a particular candidate and the percentage of men who vote for the candidate.	3
7290848482	Generational effect	A long-lasting effect of the events of a particular time on the political opinions of those who came of political age at that time.	4
7290848483	Life cycle effect	Concept that people change as they grow older because of age-specific experiences and thus are likely to hold age-specific attitudes.	5
7290848484	Managed news	Information generated and distributed by the government in such a way as to give government interests priority over candor.	6
7290848485	Media	Channels of mass communication.	7
7290848486	Nonopinion	The lack of an opinion on an issue or policy among the majority.	8
7290848487	Opinion leaders	People who are able to influence the opinions of others because of position, expertise, or personality.	9
7290848488	Opinion poll	A method of systematically questioning a small, selected sample of respondents who are deemed representative of the total population.	10
7290848489	Peer group	Groups consisting of members sharing common social characteristics. These groups play an important part in the socialization process, helping to shape attitudes and beliefs.	11
7290848490	Political socialization	The process by which people acquire political beliefs and attitudes.	12
7290848491	Political trust	The degree to which individuals express trust in the government and political institutions, usually measured through a specific series of survey questions.	13
7290848492	Public opinion	The aggregate of individual attitudes or beliefs shared by some portion of the adult population.	14
7290848493	Sampling error	The difference between a sample's results and the true result if the entire population had been interviewed.	15
7290848494	Socioeconomic status	The value assigned to a person due to occupation or income. An upper-class person, for example, has high socioeconomic status.	16