PLSI 467 Midterm Exam Study Guide, Fall 2002

The exam will draw on material from the assigned readings, the lectures, and the videos. The list below indicates topics from the lectures that you should be familiar with. Please do not use this as your only review for the exam. You are also responsible for topics in the readings.

The exam is made up of sixteen questions that require short answers (64 points), eight that are True/False (16 points), and one essay question (20 points). You do not need a blue book or scantron sheet for the exam.

Gender	EMILY’s list
Sex	WISH list
Gendered social roles	The Equal Pay Act
Descriptive representation	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Substantive representation	Equal pay
Trustee model of representation	Comparable worth
Delegate model of representation	Columbia Model of voting behavior
Constituency	Michigan Model of voting behavior
Interests	Economic theory of voting behavior
“Acting for”	Rationality and voting
“Standing for”	On-line Processing model of candidate evaluation
Quantitative methods	Median Voter Theory
Qualitative methods	NAWSA
Mainstream political science	Temperance
Rational choice theory	Eligibility pool
Positivism	Bottleneck
The Women’s Movement	Feminist theory
The Women’s Rights Movement	Socialization
ERA	Career preparation
Suffrage	Psychological involvement
19^th amendment	Behaviorism
Ratification	NOW
Year of the Woman	Roe v. Wade
Midterm congressional elections	Prop. 209
Challengers	Title VII
Open seats	Title IX
Incumbents	Family leave
Reapportionment	Affirmative action
Redistricting