Groupthink is the tendency for groups to reach decisions without accurately __________ since individual members tend to go along with ideas they think the others support

The preference of the economic private sector is that the government

A. do its best to create equitable and sustainable public policy. B. should act decisively, as long as it knows what it wants to do. C. should use a referendum to decide what policy to enact. D. should stay out of the policy business and the let marketplace determine what happens.

By 1979, Carter's foreign policy began to be criticized. It was inconsistent and although some successes in Carter's global approach might be identified, too many problems were evident, without a clear strategy for dealing with them. Which of the following was NOT one of those problems?

a. A revolution in Nicaragua, with the United States adopting a policy that pleased neither the Somocistas nor the Sandinista b. A revolution in Iran that replaced the Shah (whom the Carter administration had supported) with a markedly anti-American regime c. The idealism and lack of foreign policy shift in Carter's last year of office d. The continuing growth of Soviet power without an American response e. The stalled Middle East peace effort, with Arab rejection of the Camp David framework