OBJECTIVES FOR UNIT THREE
AMERICAN POLITICAL CULTURE
- Define what scholars mean by political culture, and list some of the
dominant aspects of political culture in the United States.
- List the contributions to American political culture made by the
Revolution, by the nation's religious heritages, and by the family. Explain
the apparent absence of class consciousness in this country.
- Define ideology and explain its role in the political process.
- Define political socialization, and list and explain the dominate elements
of political socialization.
- Define public opinion, and explain its qualities and the ways it is
measured for political purposes.
- Define internal and external feelings of political efficacy, and explain
how the level of each of these has varied over the past generation.