Chapter 04 Exam

. Constructivist theory posits that

States develop their interests and notions of security in many different ways, according to diverse social norms and historic experiences.

States develop their interest striving for resources and power in a chaotic international system.

States forge alliances with other states and maintain the status quo.

States seek to gain power so they can establish themselves as dominant regional hegemons.

. Constructivism would argue that a stateâ€™s policies are based on

How governments interpret the available information.

How much military power governments have.

What economic resources are available at the time.

The amount of soft power a state has.

. Which of the following is NOT a factor on which state leaders base their decisions, according to constructivist theory?

Beliefs about the role of their country in international affairs.

Probabilistic assessments on how strong their stateâ€™s military power is compared to other states.

Impressions of other actors within the international system and the rules of interactions with them.

Analogies about the causes and consequences of important historical events.

. Which of the following is NOT one of the three international environments defined by Alexander Wendt?

The Hobbesian model.

The Jeffersonian model.

The Lockean model.

The Kantian model.

. President Franklin D. Roosevelt embraced which of Wendtâ€™s models?

The Hobbesian model.

The Lockean model.

The Kantian model.

He embraced all three models equally.

. Which of the following is true?

European socialist parties distanced themselves from Communist principles.

European Communists controlled several Western European governments after 1945.

Communism was ideologically absent from developing countries.

Almost all developing countries rose against Communism after 1945.

. What is the reason that Wallersteinâ€™s theory has seen a recent revival?

Brexit in the United Kingdom.

The Arab Spring.

The 2008 global financial crisis.

The rise of ISIS.

. Feminists point to ______, positing that _______by men and the oppression of women shape international relations.

Conflict and arms race concepts . . . economic freedom advocated.

Childrenâ€™s rights . . . free trade promoted.

Gender conflict and injustice . . . political domination.

Womenâ€™s issues . . . economic liberalization.

. Despite women in power positions, such as Margaret Thatcher or Angela Merkel, more peaceful policies in international relations are still wishful thinking. Feminist scholars would MOST likely argue that

Foreign policy has become more peaceful.

Patriarchal structures still persist despite advances in womenâ€™s rights.

Not all women are peaceful matriarchs.

Political culture cannot be changed.

. People who act like subjects and obey the government exhibit _________ political culture.

Democratic.

Parochial.

Authoritarian.

Hybrid.

. According to scholar Samuel Huntington, major world conflicts occur between

Powerful leaders.

Economic blocs.

States.

Civilizations.

. Political psychology focuses not just on ________ but also on _____.

Institutions and states . . . corporations.

Institutions and states . . . individuals and groups.

Individuals and groups . . . society as a whole.

Individuals and groups . . . behavior.

. The Bush administrationâ€™s intention to invade Iraq despite the lack of new evidence about chemical and biological arms is called a

Continuum bias.

Resistance bias.

Information bias.

Emotional bias.

. President Johnsonâ€™s decision to engage in Vietnam to avoid another Munich is based on

An analogy.

Intelligence.

His staffâ€™s perception of the situation.

A gamble he took.

. Which of the following is an example of decision making in an authoritarian context?

Decisions are scrutinized by the media.

Decision making is made in a group context.

The leader seeks broad political support for decisions.

The leaderâ€™s choices predominate and receive little, if any, oversight.

. In Essence of Decision, Graham Allison argued that __________ provided the best explanation of decision making in the Cuban missile crisis.

Bureaucratic politics.

Constructivism.

Realism.

Neo-Marxism.

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