7/13/25, 6:47
PM
VCU POLI 105 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST
UPDATE 2025/2026
Terms in this set (111)
key difference role of individuals (prominent in IR)
between IR theory
and foreign policy
IR predicts General outcomes
biggest problem rationality
with foreign
policy decision
making
Name 3 systematic Perception/misperception, affective bias, and
ways individual cognitive bias
decision makers
diverge from
rationality?
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The bureaucratic Government bargaining model
model is also known
as
____
Allison's Three Models Rational actor model, government bargaining
model, organizational process model
• Assumes goal and objectives are already
established
• Makes decisions based on Standard
Operating Procedures (SOP's) that
Organizational already exist
process model • Competing SOP's can result in: 1) compromise
of SOP's, or 2) one dominant SOP
• But, this is most relevant to the vast
majority of "low-level" decisions which
usually leave out the top level of
decision making: i.e. mid-level
appointments within
embassy structures, ceremonial practices with
other states in their countries, etc.
view of foreign policy decision-making
Rational Actor Model that assumes policy-makers have a
shared sense of the national interest,
which they seek to attain via a rational
2/
14
PM
VCU POLI 105 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST
UPDATE 2025/2026
Terms in this set (111)
key difference role of individuals (prominent in IR)
between IR theory
and foreign policy
IR predicts General outcomes
biggest problem rationality
with foreign
policy decision
making
Name 3 systematic Perception/misperception, affective bias, and
ways individual cognitive bias
decision makers
diverge from
rationality?
1/
14
, 7/13/25, 6:47
PM
The bureaucratic Government bargaining model
model is also known
as
____
Allison's Three Models Rational actor model, government bargaining
model, organizational process model
• Assumes goal and objectives are already
established
• Makes decisions based on Standard
Operating Procedures (SOP's) that
Organizational already exist
process model • Competing SOP's can result in: 1) compromise
of SOP's, or 2) one dominant SOP
• But, this is most relevant to the vast
majority of "low-level" decisions which
usually leave out the top level of
decision making: i.e. mid-level
appointments within
embassy structures, ceremonial practices with
other states in their countries, etc.
view of foreign policy decision-making
Rational Actor Model that assumes policy-makers have a
shared sense of the national interest,
which they seek to attain via a rational
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