Explain how peer groups, diversity, and norms and values are related.

What will be an ideal response?


Friends, neighbors, coworkers, and other peers influence political socialization. Through peers, we learn about community, political climate, and local values. Most research indicates peers reinforce our pre-existing values, largely because we tend to select peers with similar norms and values.

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A)announce the party's nominee B)engage the party in policy debates C)vote for the running mate D)determine the cabinet

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Better communication among participants is generally achieved by all of the following EXCEPT which?

a.) screening interviews b.) roughly homogeneous groups c.) choosing participants that already know each other d.) choosing participants that are strangers

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The American political party system consists of

A) national, county, city, and state levels. B) national, state, county, and precinct levels. C) county, state, local, and national levels. D) national, precinct, county, and city levels.

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The Democrat-Republicans were the only true national party during the

a. Era of Good Feeling. b. Civil War. c. Confederacy. d. Great Depression. e. Civil Rights Movement.

Political Science