Political Science 101 - Introduction to American Government and Politics » Fall 2022 » Lecture 3 Structure

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Question #1
According to lecture what are the three levels of social scientific analysis?
A.   Micro-, Meso-, Macro-
B.   Mico-, Macro-, Meta-
C.   Individual, Institutional, Structural
D.   Small scale, medium scale, large scale
Question #2
These features of institutions make them prone to increasing returns (positive feedback/path dependent processes)?
A.   Time is a circle, Interactions between actors happen within a rules based framework and Institutions are powerful
B.   Large Fixed Costs, Actions within institutional framework depend on beliefs of what others will do, and Interactions between actors happen within a rules based framework
C.   Large Fixed Costs, Time is a circle and Institutions are powerful
D.   Time is a circle and Institutions are powerful
Question #3
What is true regarding path dependency?
A.   initial choices likely have greater impact than later choices, history doesn't really matter
B.   initial choices likely have greater impact than later choices, institutional equilibrium can be resistant to change, and institutional equilibrium are likely to feedback into itself
C.   we can use history to make causal predictions about the future, history doesn't really matter
D.   we can use history to make causal predictions about the future
Question #4
Structure tends to be resistant to change?
A.   False
B.   True

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