VCU POLI 105 EXAM 2 ACTUAL 2025/2026 CORRECTLY ANSWERED

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VCU POLI 105 EXAM 2 ACTUAL 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS key difference between IR theory and foreign policy - Answer -role of individuals (prominent in IR) IR predicts - Answer -General outcomes biggest problem with foreign policy decision making - Answer -rationality Name 3 systematic ways individual decision makers diverge from rationality? - Answer -Perception/misperception, affective bias, and cognitive bias The bureaucratic model is also known as ____ - Answer -Government bargaining model Allison's Three Models - Answer -Rational actor model, government bargaining model, organizational process model Organizational process model - Answer -• Assumes goal and objectives are already established • Makes decisions based on Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) that already exist • Competing SOP's can result in: 1) compromise of SOP's, or 2) one dominant SOP • But, this is most relevant to the vast majority of "low-level" decisions which usually leave out the top level of decision making: i.e. mid-level appointments within embassy structures, ceremonial practices with other states in their countries, etc. Need assistance on Online classes, Exams & Assignments? Reach out for instant help!! Full Course Assistance, Plagiarism-free Essay Writing, Research Paper, Dissertation, Discussion Posts, etc…. Confidential & Secure services. Tutors are available for all subjects! Email now at: tutorjean01@gmail.com Rational Actor Model - Answer -view of foreign policy decision-making that assumes policymakers have a shared sense of the national interest, which they seek to attain via a rational process of finding the most efficient means to achieve those ends Government bargaining model - Answer -a model that sees foreign policy decisions as flowing from a bargaining process among various government agencies that have somewhat divergent interests in the outcome Nixon-Kissinger Model - Answer -Leader must have high interest in FP, and agree with the advisor on this Example of nixon-kissinger model - Answer -China triangulation policy What does foreign policy determine - Answer -How and when specific outcomes will take place 3 variables of foreign policy - Answer -individuals, type of state, and international context Foreign Policy - Answer -determine how/why certain things take place- rational Are perceptions/misperceptions rational? - Answer -Yes cognitive bias - Answer -A feature of human psychology that skews belief formation. Creator of the models of decision making - Answer -Graham allison Is bias a factor in the rational model? - Answer -Yes Need assistance on Online classes, Exams & Assignments? Reach out for instant help!! Full Course Assistance, Plagiarism-free Essay Writing, Research Paper, Dissertation, Discussion Posts, etc…. Confidential & Secure services. Tutors are available for all subjects! Email now at: tutorjean01@gmail.com