1- A representative state apparatus is a system that controls and can be really violent at times it contains police , courts, prisons Althusser calls it repressive because the state has the power over you 

2- A definition of an ideological state is used as a school church family they use their power to bring a message and the way to behave or act 

3- Althusser says there is two thinks needed for making people do things , the first one is fear he says it’s being used to make sure people are acting and behaving right . The second way is the social conformity it makes people act in ways they have been made to Believe 

4- This is a form of Idelogy