POLI 105 TEST 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Who are the main actors in IR - Answers - States
What is a theory - Answers - Generalized explanation that we can apply to outcomes
What two things should a theory be? - Answers - Logical and empirical
In graph x----->y what is the IV and DV - Answers - X is IV
Y is DV
Who developed the LEVELS OF ANALYSIS and what was the name of his work -
Answers - Kenneth Waltz ''Man, the state, and war"
Outside of states what are other three actors in IR - Answers - NGOs
--not funded by governments
IGOs
--made up by multiple governments
IOs
--NGOs and IGOs
Who developed THEORY POLICY DEBATE and what is it - Answers - Joseph Lepgold
-- theorist and policy makers must work in harmony. Balance is a must
Explain the concepts of PARSIMONY and THEORETICAL DEGENERATION and how
do they relate to one another? - Answers - Parsimony -- least amount of variables in
explanation to outcome, one variable that defines the most.
theoretical degeneration -- adding more variables to a theory that decreases the value
of the theory
What is sovereignty and who came up with it - Answers - KRASNER
--political and territorial autonomy
--a state being in total control of everything within its boarder
--sovereignty recognized by UN, if not,
Not sovereign
--1648 treaty of Westphalia..first official sovereignty
What is ANARCHY - Answers - Not chaos, but absence of higher authority within state
What is most important to realists? - Answers - Power!
--money and military
ANSWERS
Who are the main actors in IR - Answers - States
What is a theory - Answers - Generalized explanation that we can apply to outcomes
What two things should a theory be? - Answers - Logical and empirical
In graph x----->y what is the IV and DV - Answers - X is IV
Y is DV
Who developed the LEVELS OF ANALYSIS and what was the name of his work -
Answers - Kenneth Waltz ''Man, the state, and war"
Outside of states what are other three actors in IR - Answers - NGOs
--not funded by governments
IGOs
--made up by multiple governments
IOs
--NGOs and IGOs
Who developed THEORY POLICY DEBATE and what is it - Answers - Joseph Lepgold
-- theorist and policy makers must work in harmony. Balance is a must
Explain the concepts of PARSIMONY and THEORETICAL DEGENERATION and how
do they relate to one another? - Answers - Parsimony -- least amount of variables in
explanation to outcome, one variable that defines the most.
theoretical degeneration -- adding more variables to a theory that decreases the value
of the theory
What is sovereignty and who came up with it - Answers - KRASNER
--political and territorial autonomy
--a state being in total control of everything within its boarder
--sovereignty recognized by UN, if not,
Not sovereign
--1648 treaty of Westphalia..first official sovereignty
What is ANARCHY - Answers - Not chaos, but absence of higher authority within state
What is most important to realists? - Answers - Power!
--money and military
