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POLI105 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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what are the behavior and motivation
two aspects of
political
behavior?
why is important it is the key to understanding human
to find out behavior
motivation?
how do we find 1. Social and psychological theories
out motivation? (inductive)
2. rational choice theory and economic
approach (deductive)
what are the interests (money, security,
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possible health, etc.) and values ( justice,
motivations in freedom, religious beliefs,
politics? identity, etc.)
IMPORTANT !! politics often involves conflicts over
interests/ or values
what are the class, then followed by religion
most prevalent
cleavages in
western
democracies?
why do humans 1. thinking slow : rational decision
make the making
political choices 2. thinking fast : intuitive decision
that they do? making
when is human human behavior is partially
behavior predictable --- when rational
predictable (older age groups except the
very old typically show higher
turnout rate)
what are the voting, campaign activity,
modes of contacting officials directly,
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political communal activity, protest and
participation? other forms of contentious
politics, internet activism
what are standard model, civic voluntarism
the theories model, rational choice theory
of political
participatio
n?
what model standard model
states that
political
participation is
positively
correlated with
socio-economic
status (SES)?
what model civic voluntarism model
regards having
resources for
participation,
being
interested in
politics, being
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invited by
others to join
action?
which model rational choice theory of voting
explains why
people decide
to vote (or not)
based on a
cost-benefit
analysis. It
assumes that
individuals
make decisions
rationally by
weighing the
costs and
benefits of
voting ?
what is education, income, occupation, and
socioeconomic even gender and ethnic group
status?
what is it called social capital
when the effects
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