POL SCI 120A Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hegemony, American Exceptionalism, Commencement Speech
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Fundamental attribution error: tendency to give too much weight to dispositional causes of others" behavior. Actor observer difference: a derivation from the fae, mainly applies to how we explain our own behavior. We attribute our own behavior to the situation. That may be because when we act, we respond to the situation. Other focusing on us believe that the way we act is because of our behavior, values, character, etc. 3. truman doctrine march 1947: crises in iran and turkey created a lot of suspicions about soviet intentions, greek civil war british empire sent two diplomatic to the us asking the us to assume responsibility for greece and turkey. Britain was no longer capable of fulfilling the responsibility in maintaining world order: us was also aware of what would happen if we didn"t take over britain"s responsibility. American people to get money from congress: truman doctrine march 12, 1947. Truman asked acheson to be in charge of drafting the speech.
