GVPT 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: George Clooney, Mikhail Gorbachev, Group Dynamics
7 Dec 2015
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Prospect theory: individuals behave differently in the face of gains than, individuals are risk-averse in the face of gains and risk- they do in the face of losses acceptant in the face of losses. Kahnemann and renshon- why hawks win: people aren"t fully reational, but instead have many, almost all of these biases favor conflict over cooperation decision making biases. Don"t understand other side, assume they don"t ( hawkish ) understand you. Groupthink: a concurrence-seeking tendency in foreign policy decision, often results from: making. Crises decision-making: in a crisis situation, leaders face two problems, extreme stress, time constraints, under these conditions leaders may fail to thoroughly consider all options and to accurately assess the cost benefits of those options. Summary of rationality and decision making: foreign policy decisions are not always rational due to factors such as biases, emotion, pressures, and group dynamics. The role of individuals in int"l relations: unique political leaders, celebrities.
