Question 1

Political empiricism is concerned with ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   what has been, what is, and what will be
B)   what can be
C)   a hypothetical about the ideal world
D)   what cannot be A

Question 2

According to the authors, the three major components of political science are ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   governance, political economy, and political psychology
B)   empirical, ethical, and prudential
C)   ethical, empirical, and predictive
D)   ethical, empirical, and choice B

Question 3

A postbehavioral approach to political science inspired by economics is ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   empiricism
B)   ethical recommendation
C)   rational choice or "rat choice"
D)   prudential judgment C

Question 4

A postbehavioral model for understanding politics based on economics is called _______________________.

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Question 5

Many famous political thinkers have been concerned with developing theory that integrates political values, social scientific knowledge, and wise action. Which of the following individuals developed an integrated prescriptive theory concerned with the importance of making republican values central to his thinking in a large diverse country?

Accepted Answer

A)   Plato
B)   Alexander Hamilton
C)   Karl Marx
D)   James Madison

Question 6

The ethical component of political science has as its main focus ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   political judgments
B)   political values
C)   political phenomena
D)   political campaigns

Question 7

When a political scientist's research is most concerned with what ought to be, it is a reflection of which component of the discipline?

Accepted Answer

A)   empirical
B)   ethical
C)   prudential
D)   theoretical integration

Question 8

What position do you take on the continuing controversy in political science as to whether there really can be a "science" of politics? In this essay, be sure to address the issues raised by philosophy of positivism.

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Question 9

The title of Harold Lasswell's influential book defining politics is ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   Politics: Who Gets What, When, How
B)   A Theory of Justice
C)   The Political System
D)   Creative Breakthroughs in Politics

Question 10

The authors argue that, to do justice to their discipline, political scientists need to address four concerns: 
(1) concern for the good life and the underlying ethical principles of politics; 
(2) concern for a science of politics and an understanding of significant empirical phenomena; 
(3) concern for political wisdom in the arena of citizenship and public policy; and, because these concerns are interrelated, 
(4) concern for the integration of ethics, social science, and statesmanship. In a reasoned essay, indicate why you agree or disagree that students of political science should address all of these concerns.

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Question 11

The concept of _____________________________ can be used to help define the well-being of a political community and is useful as an integrating concept for the discipline of political science.

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Question 12

A philosophy that holds that human beings can know only that which is based on observable, scientific facts and data derived from experience is called ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   existentialism
B)   natural law
C)   normative reason
D)   positivism

Question 13

Three of the following constitute what David Easton called the "intellectual foundation stones" of behavioralism. Which of the four is not a foundation stone?

Accepted Answer

A)   a belief in regularities, uniformities of political behavior
B)   a commitment to verification of such generalizations through testing
C)   an emphasis on quantification where possible
D)   an obligation to use empirical data to advise policymakers

Question 14

Who argued that the quest for the "best political order" must be central to political science?

Accepted Answer

A)   Leo Strauss
B)   David Easton
C)   Robert Dahl
D)   Harold Lasswell

Question 15

The gathering and analysis of voting results in an election to determine why citizens voted for particular candidates would be an example of which task of political science?

Accepted Answer

A)   theoretical integration
B)   ethical concern
C)   empirical understanding
D)   prudential or wise judgment

Question 16

When political scientists are focusing on what can be, that is, when they are exercising wise judgment about the practical tasks of politics, they are concerning themselves with the ______________ component of political science.

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Question 17

The four basic subfields of political science are ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   American government, international relations, comparative politics, and political theory
B)   American government, empirical theory, international relations and comparative politics
C)   American government, international relations, comparative politics, and rational choice theory
D)   American politics, international relations, political economy, and political theory

Question 18

The use of scientific method requires the generation of data that are as objective and value free as possible. Discuss several of these types of data now used by political scientists.

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Question 19

Political scientists making recommendations on what actions by leaders, citizens, or other actors are right or wrong are focusing on the __________________ component of political science.

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Question 20

An early leader of the post-World War II behavioral revolution in political science was ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   David Easton
B)   Leo Strauss
C)   Karl Deutsch
D)   Bertrand de Jouvenal

Exam 3: Political Science: Components, Tasks, and Controversies