Researchers have created measures of social capital, a concept involving networks, norms and social trust. Extensive theories and models have been developed based on social capital’s correlation with urbanization, religiosity, income inequality and other variables. These tests of correlation are known as
A. Face validity
B. Reliability
C. Nomological validity
D. None of the above
C. Nomological validity
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Which of the following BEST describes Nigerian political culture?
a. A strong sense of nationalism developed in response to outside interference b. A lack of a sense of national identity, instead remaining loyal to their ethnic, regional, and religious groups c. A weak sense of nationality leading to strong support for regional integration d. A strong sense a unified concept of Nigerian citizenship e. A weak sense of national unity leading to support for separatist movements
Which of the following was a contributing cause of World War I rooted in German domestic politics?
a. A desire to avenge previous military losses b. Foreign adventures advocated by a conservative political coalition of landowners and industrialists c. Fear of growing Russian power d. Attempts to spread German ideology to other European states e. Complacency about peace
The committee system is more important in the House than in the Senate because
A. the seniority system plays no role in the House and therefore committees must play a larger role B. the Constitution mandates the type of committee structure in the House C. committee members are appointed by the President D. the House is so large that more work can be accomplished in committees than on the floor E. the majority party in the House prefers to give priority to the work of the committees
The significance of the president’s inherent powers is that they ______.
a. allow the president to fulfill the office of president as the founders intended b. are unconstitutional according to the Supreme Court c. have been used to expand the powers of the presidency beyond what is explicitly stated in the Constitution d. were commonly used by nineteenth-century presidents e. were more often used in the nineteenth century by weak presidents