1. What is your Point of View???

2. What is a Paradigm? Does not equal 20 cents..
Paradigm: your attitudes and beliefs based on your past experiences.

3. Example: You don’t like dogs because one bit you when you were 5
Example: You don’t like dogs because one bit you when you were 5. Therefore, your paradigm is dogs are bad.

4. Experiences…
Your life experiences include such factors as your age, education, religion, and ethnic background.
Your experiences will generally shape your paradigm from an early age to adulthood.

5. Perspectives….
Perspective is your outlook that has developed over your lifetime.
Perspectives are a product of many influences…..
Your experiences creates the paradigm through which you see (your perspective) the world.

7. Experiences consist of ….
Family
Schooling
Media
Friends
Travel
Personal experiences

8. Social And Economic Attitudes
Right Wing
Left Wing
Centrist

9. 1. Right Wing Authoritarian:
Believe economy works best if government leaves it alone…..
but significant measures of social control is required to have fair society
1. Right Wing Authoritarian:

10. 2. Left wing Authoritarian:
Believe economy works best if government intervenes.
Significant measures of social control is required to have fair society
2. Left wing Authoritarian:

11. 3. Left Wing Libertarian:
Feel gov. has important role to play in economy
But gov. should allow people to make their own social decisions
3. Left Wing Libertarian:

12. 4. Right wing Libertarian:
Want to minimize the role of government in all aspects of life
4. Right wing Libertarian:

13. Believe social and economic controls should be applied if they are in the public good…….
…or dismantled if they do not benefit society
5. Centrist

14. Your political compass…
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Your political compass…

15. Perspectives on Economic Issues Test Analysis Score Analysis
A Score of zero means you are neutral (You might not identify with any political party
Perspectives on Economic Issues Test Analysis Score Analysis

16. A score of +20 means you believe that the government should not interfere with the operation of the free market economy (an economy in which the price of a good or service is determined by the supply and demand without interference from the government. (Conservative political values)
On the Economic Scale…

17. - How do governments influence our economy in Canada?
On the Economic Scale…

18. A score of -20 means you believe that the government should play an active role in managing the country’s economy.
On the Economic Scale…

19. A score of +20 means you feel that significant restrictions on personal freedoms can be justified if society benefits (New Democratic Party)
Social Scale:

20. A score of -20 means you feel the government should not interfere unduly with personal freedoms. (liberal party)
Social Scale