1.
a)Describe what ideology is in a brief paragraph (in your own words)

= Ideology is when your believes are build by external factors like your parents and systems that determine the way you must think and act and also shows you the consequences of not following the rules and what is supposed to be accepted socially so that create our way of thinking and even build our personality

b) Give an example illustrating what you wrote in

= For example the ideology of what is ‘polite’ and the ways you should act or look to meet those expectations whether it is a meeting or when you need to show respect to those who socially are ‘above you’.

c) Write another paragraph (or two), explaining to your reader with additional details, how you understand ideology

= I understand ideology as the base of our behave and personality, if we would have been raised by other people besides the ones that raised us, or in another culture and so, our ideology and the way we perceive things, would we completely different so ideology is based on what we were and are exposed to, also in our adulthood we can change those ideologies if our view gets influenced by other factors in our daily lives.

2. How do you understand the difference between conservative and liberal ideology in US politics? What seem to be the big differences, the dividing line? Given an example to backup your arguments.
Hint: try to identify key words (concepts) that play a big role in making someone consider themselves to be liberal or conservative. Then, explain in your own words what those keywords (concepts) mean.

= The main difference between both is the way they think government should intervene in the society, i understand it as ‘The one who is worried about the working class (liberals) and the one who is worried about the profit and private sector (conservative)’ also the liberal one cares about the environment which i consider the most important thing to be aware of. For example rich people tend to be conservative because that party is what benefits them the most while marginalized people tend to support liberals because they believe in equality

3. How do you understand Althusser’s definition of ideology? Paraphrase it in your own words. Given an example. Hint: you may have to watch the second video again, and find the few places where Althusser’s position is presented.

=According to Althusser’s ideology there are two ways ideology rises, one is the repressive way where people face punishments when not following the rules (fear) and they need to follow strict and monotone rules established by the superiors for example the laws, if not followed people can face punishments and so on…. the second one is the ideological and this one has more to do with the way you are raised and what ideas you get from your guardians and their culture or just by the surroundings (people, thoughts, ideas, school…), for example in school rules have to be followed, a schedule, a specific way to behave..