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Popular Participation: Introduction to Exercise 3 - Political socialization
What You Will Learn

This exercise defines political socialization and discusses the following agents and factors of socialization:
  • Primary agents, such as family, school and peers
  • Secondary agents, such as the media
  • Social factors, such as level of education, occupation, income, race, and religion
Key Terms


agents of political socialization
conservative
liberal
political socialization


primary agents of political socialization
secondary agents of political socialization
social factors

Click on a term for the definition and Spanish translation.
What You Will Do

Read each passage and answer the questions that follow by clicking on the correct choice. If you choose the wrong answer, try again. The Answer box at the bottom of the choices will tell you if your answer is correct.
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