Exam 13: The Political Psychology of International Security and Conflict

The Prisoner's Dilemma is most applicable to

The Guns of August Analogy was used by

The Vietnam Analogy refers to:

Thucydides suggested that the main spark igniting the bloody conflict between Sparta and Athens was:

Malignanty (spiral) processes of hostile interaction are characterized by

Cognitive rigidity

All of the following statements about deterrence are true EXCEPT:

The idea that political leaders will take greater risks, and will be more likely to engage in conflict, the more they do not have to answer to a higher power (i.e., a ruling coalition, a voting public, etc.) is called:

The game that was often used to represent the nature of the deterrence problem facing the superpowers during the Cold War which involved two drivers hurtling towards each other on a highway attempting to get their opponent to 'swerve' out of the way of a head-on collision first was called:

One of the most importatn elements of deterrence is

In the Protracted Crisis Approach, crises are seen as

One reason that Saddam Hussein was not effective in the Gulf War was:

Political leaders take greater risks and are more likely to engage in conflict when they lack _____

One issue that policy makers fail to consider when they engage in defensive military buildups in

Saddam Hussein believed he could create a _____ that would defeat American resolve.

During the Cold War, U.S. policy makers made a(n) ______________ when explain the Soviet Union's military buildup and forward deployment of forces in Eastern Europe as being due to the dispositional qualities of Soviet leaders and not to situational factors.

One notable psychological factor that contributed to the spped with which World War I escalated was:

What 'threat' is intended to make an 'irrational' act appear plausible?

The attribution error that reflected the way US policy makers perceived the actions and motivations of Soviet leaders during the Cold War was called:

Analogical reasoning is used to