Item 52    Oct16/96 12:11   138 lines    No responses
Russell Bailey
PS 472 MIDTERM EXAM REVIEW NOTES
 
 PS 472 MIDTERM REVIEW
        - THE EXAM:
                - MY EXPERIENCE:
                        - LONG, EXHAUSTIVE, AND ALL INCLUSIVE
                        - WRITE FAST
                        - PAY ATTENTION TO THE DIRECTIONS (DON'T ANSWER
                          MORE QUESTIONS THAN YOU HAVE TO)
                        - BRING A BLUE BOOK, PENCIL, AND ERASER
                - STUDYING FOR THE EXAM
                        - IN MY EXPERIENCE, A STUDY GROUP WAS MOST
                          HELPFUL
                                - ASSIGNED READINGS TO BE SUMMARIZED &
                                  DISSEMINATED
                                - HAD A "SCRIBE" AT THE STUDY SESSION WHO
                                TYPED STUDY NOTES AND THEN PROVIDED
                                  COPIES FOR ALL

                                - BROKE INTO SMALLER GROUPS FOR DETAILED
                                  DISCUSSIONS / CLARIFICATION
 
 KEY CONCEPTS:
        - BALANCE OF POWER & DUAL CONTAINMENT
        - RATIONALITY (RHEOSTAT OF RATIONALITY)
        - UNITARY ACTOR
        - "WAVES" OF DETERRENCE THEORY
        - COGNITIVE VS ANALYTICAL DECISION MAKING
 
 OTHER IMPORTANT CONCEPTS:
 
 SEARCH:
 
 PERSUASION:
 
 STRATEGY:
 
 DETERRENCE:
        ASSURE:
        DETER:
 
 COERCION:
        COMPEL:
        INDUCE:
 
 IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF DETERRENCE THEORY:
        CAPABILITIES:
        COMMITMENT/RESOLVE:
        CALCULABILITY/CONTROLLABILITY OF RISKS:
        "BLACK BOX":
 
 PROSPECT THEORY:
        LOSS AVERSION:
        CERTAINTY EFFECT:  see HEURISTICS
 
 ENDOWMENT EFFECT:
        EFFORT JUSTIFICATION:
 
 ATTRIBUTION THEORY:
 
 HEURISTICS:
        AVAILABILITY:
        ANCHORING:
        CERTAINTY EFFECT:
        REPRESENTATIVENESS:
 
 MOTIVATED BIAS:
 
 UNMOTIVATED BIAS:
 
 COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING:
 
 CRITICAL RISK (CR):
 
 THREAT CREDIBILITY (TC):
 
        CR - TC RELATIONSHIP:
 
 DETERRENCE BY THREAT:
 
 DETERRENCE BY DENIAL:
 
 BRINKMANSHIP:
 
 "BASEMENT OF FEARS AND NEEDS":
 
 "WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY":
 
 ANALYTICAL DECISION MAKING:
 
 COGNITIVE DECISION MAKING:
 
 BOUNDED RATIONALITY:
 
 UTILITY FUNCTION:
 
 STRATEGIC INTERESTS:
 
 INTRINSIC INTERESTS:
 
 
 READINGS:
        - SCHELLING
        - J, L, & S
        - KLARE
        - COURSEPACK READINGS