POSC 225 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Public Opinion - the collective attitudes and beliefs of individuals on one or more issues Public Opinion Polls - Scientific efforts to estimate what an entire group thinks about an issue by asking a smaller sample of the group for its opinion political socialization - the Process by which we learn our political orientations and allegiances Patriotism - A strong emotional attachment to one's political community Spiral of Silence - The process by which a majority opinion becomes exaggerated...

POSC 225 Cohen Exam 1 (Q&A) 1. French and Indian War: -1754 to 1763 -"7 year war" -Great Britain goes bankrupt -causes them to tax to increase revenue 2. Stamp Act: -1765 -law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc. -Stamp Act Congress 3. Tea Act of 1773: -Law passed by parliament allowing the British East India Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies - undermining colonial tea merchants -led to the Boston Tea Party 4. Bosto...

POSC 225 Cohen Exam 1 (2024) Graded A+