Arizona State University POS 210 Take Test: Quiz Unit 1 Multiple Attempts QUESTION1)Some idea or conception of human nature is important to a political ideology because___________

Arizona State University

POS 210

Take Test: Quiz Unit 1

Multiple Attempts

QUESTION1)Some idea or conception of human nature is important to a political ideology because___________.

it sets the limits of what the ideology considers to be possible to achieve politically.

 it explains why ideologies are so attractive to so many people.

it provides an indication of how the ideology wants to change or reshape human nature.

 it shows how ideologies use scientific studies of human nature for their own purposes. people who need people are the luckiest people in the world.

QUESTION 2

Plato and Aristotle believed that democracy is

a good form of government because it gives most power to the “middling” class of people

bad because it gives power to people who lack wisdom, foresight, and self-restraint

a good form of government as long as the people elect Plato and Aristotle to office

 a bad form of government because it gives too much power to the wealthy

QUESTION 3

According to the triadic model of freedom, freedom is

just another word for being left alone. something that everyone needs to be happy.

something that some ideologies defend but others attack.

a matter of some agent being free from obstacles in order to pursue a goal.

a right that all agents have to pursue happiness in whatever way they choose.

QUESTION 4

The function of an ideology that tells its followers what to do and how to do it is called the

                function.

normative

evaluative

 explanatory

programatic

QUESTION 5

Alexis de Tocqueville believed that democracy leads to

mediocrity, conformity, and the tyranny of the majority

a strong government because it encourages political participation

a breakdown of law and order because everyone will do whatever

he or she wants to do a strengthening of law and order because people will learn how to govern themselves