For crisis stability to have its desired effect, the most important condition is to maintain a

a. secure second-strike capability.
b. preponderance of nuclear weapons on one side.
c. high level of uncertainty as to the number of nuclear weapons controlled by the other country.
d. degree of irrationality among the leadership.

a

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a. each state's criminal justice system. b. which cases will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. c. sex discrimination. d. patents and tariffs. e. tax issues.

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A study by Resnick and Schwartz (1973) on verbal conditioning compared participants who were fully informed about the researcher's exact procedure with participants who were simply given a rationale for the study and a description of the task they were to perform. What were the findings of this research?

a. those given complete instructions were less likely to agree to participate in the research b. the fully informed participants did not demonstrate verbal conditioning as expected c. the fully informed participants were more likely to experience psychological distress requiring debriefing at the conclusion of the research d. there was no difference between the two types of participants

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