POLI 105 Final Exam Questions And Answers!!

Foreign Policy - Answer--Determines HOW & WHEN specific outcomes take place -Decision making -Rationality 1) Doing what is in the best interest for the specific individual -Risk Acceptance/Aversion -It's a process and strategy to achieve a state interest -Tries to spell out goals & objectives -*Most Important*= Individual -*Biggest Problem*= Rationality. Rationality is about self-interest, and an individual could turn irrational -Key Differences between IR Theory and________is the Role of the individual—they make decisions, INDIVIDUALS MATTER (level of analysis) Risk Acceptance - Answer-Willing to jump out of an airplane/swim with sharks Risk Aversion - Answer-- Willing to do one or the other (swim w/ sharks/jump out of airplane) or none at all 3 Primary Variables of Foreign Policy - Answer-- Individuals making the process - Type of state and society that they function in 1) Size 2) Wealth 3) Type of regime 4) Population size 5) Natural resources 6) History 7) Political culture -International context within which they operateBiases - Answer--Perception/Misperception - Affect/Affective -Cognitive Perception/Misperception Bias - Answer--Has to do with seeing -How you see, is how decisions are made - Perceptions and misperceptions are rational, but depend on the individual Affect/Affective Bias - Answer--Has to do with feeling -How individuals feel, like or dislike -Example: Bush vs. Saddam -Rational, but not perfect which=change in outcome Cognitive Bias - Answer--Has to do with thinking -Sub biases 1) Wishful Thinking-->Optimism--->I'm not going to study for my test tomorrow and get an A 2) Justification of Effort--> LBJ & Vietnam------>Johnson made the decision to stay in the Vietnam War due to all the lives lost & money/resources put in 3) Enemy Image-->American's view of Muslims/Middle East post 911 4) Mirror Image--->What would I do in this persons shoes? 5) Historical Image--->History never repeats itself