The fact that ideological conservatives believed even more strongly that Iraq ?had weapons of mass destruction before the 2003 war after they were informed that subsequent investigations concluded that this was not true is an example of the
A) backfire effect.
B) ?fog of war.
C) ??misinformation effect.
D) ?crowd delusion syndrome.
E) ?willfulness effect.
A
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At the individual level of analysis, prospect theory
a. examines the processes by which people seek to make sense of raw information about the world. b. suggests that people take much greater risks to avoid losses than they would be willing to take to achieve gains. c. explains deviations from rational action by noting that people make decisions more or less the same way, whether they face prospects of gain or prospects of loss. d. explains leaders' choices in terms of their psychodynamics. e. explains human behavior in terms of deep-seated psychological fears, desires, and needs.
In analyzing the Grameen Bank's success, the three perspectives agree that microcredit strategies are successful because they
a. avoid the inherently unequal state and international economic systems. b. are built on the local decision-making of poor people. c. apply collective-responsibility methods by organizing local committees. d. ensure that the people who do the work receive the benefits. e. All of the above are correct.