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| A distinctive and patterned way of thinking about how political life ought to be carried out |
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| The condition of being relatively free of governmental restraints |
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| The inclination to believe that one's efforts and rewards in life are to be conducted and enjoyed by oneself, apart from larger social groupings |
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| Individual who explained the rise of capitalism in part by what he called the Protestant ethic |
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| The condition in which people, although not guaranteed equal rewards, except to have comparable chances to compete for those rewards |
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| Conducted a famous cross-national study of political participation |
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| The feeling that one ought to do one's share in community affairs, irrespective of concrete rewards |
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| A word used in naming a congressional committee to merge the concepts of acceptance of national values and goodness itself |
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| A political party that opposes the majority party but within the context of legal rules of the game |
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| Individual who described race relations as "an American dilemma" resulting from a conflict between the "American creed" and "American behavior" |
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| A set of values that includes working hard, saving one's money, and obeying the law |
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| A persistent word in our vocabulary that indicates Americans are bound by common values and hopes |
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| A kind of church in which members control activities, whether erecting a building, hiring a preacher, or managing its finances |
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| Political Efficacy, Sense of |
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| A Citizen's capacity to understand and influence political events |
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| The confidence in one's own ability to understand and take part in political affairs |
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| The belief that the system will respond to what citizens do |
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| The willingness to allow people with whom one disagrees to have the full protection of the laws when they express their opinions |
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| The belief that one can affect government policies |
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| The awareness of belonging to a particular socioeconomic group whose interests are different from those of others |
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| People who believe that moral rules are derived from God, are unchanging, and are more important than individual choice |
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| Psychologist who noted distinct traits of American and European families |
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| A relatively consistent set of views of the policies government ought to pursue |
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| People who believe that moral rules are derived in part from an individual's beliefs and the circumstances of modern life |
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