PoliticsChapter1 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Politics | Power and influence are used in the promotion of certain values and interests |
Types of Political Knowledge Sources of P.K. | 1. Description (Facts) 2. Explanation (How and Why) 3. Prescription (What should happen) Sources: Authority, personal thought, science |
Authority | Anything that is believed to possess the controlling explanation regarding a particular issue (documents, parents, tradition, etc) |
Types of Authority | 1. Specific Authority (Parents, teachers, friends, or a famous person) 2. General Authority (constitutions, revered leaders, widely respected media or books, religious teachings) 3. "Everyone" (literally the majority of people) |
Problems with Authority | 1. Even though you may look up to this individual, they may not be the proper source of knowledge 2. "everyone knows X is true", there is no guarantee everyone is right 3. Nothing or no one knows all of the crucial information |
Personal Thought | Rationality-logical or obvious "makes sense" Intuition-based on feelings, sense of understanding or empathy Personal Experience-your own experiences |
Science | Most reliable form of P.K. The goal is to describe and explain-to answer what, why, and how questions |
Essential Characteristics of Scientific Method | 1. Empirical (supported by evidence) 2. Regularities (connections, happens before) 3. Cumulative (builds and grows) 4. Testable (you can test it) |
When reading about politics you can... | Ignore it Accept that it is correct Reject it Try to assess it |
Political Analysis | the attempt to answer the questions and explain your reasoning |
Subfields of Political Science | 1. Comparative politics-compares and contrasts political process 2. American politics-study of American politics 3. International relations-political relations between countries 4. Political theory-ideas and debates dealing with political questions |
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