Fearon contends that the 1939 Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union occurred because Finland refused to cede some islands to the Soviet Union

Stalin wanted these islands to help defend the Soviet Union against a European enemy, but the Finns did not think they could trust Stalin not to push for more. In Fearon's view, Stalin's predicament is an example of __________. a. an inability to commit
b. appeasement
c. withholding private information
d. misperception


a

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Edmund Burke's theory of how members of a legislature should represent a district is:

a. the legislator must act as a delegate, only doing what the people want. b. the legislator must act as a trustee, doing what he/she believes to be correct. c. the legislator must act as a politico, doing a combination of a and b. d. the legislator must do as little as possible, so as not to cause harm. e. the legislator must always do what his or her party wants.

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Collectively, state-to-state obligations and their mandated relationships are known as

A. horizontal federalism. B. privileges and immunities. C. vertical federalism. D. unitary federalism. E. confederalism.

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Cases before appellate courts are typically decided by

a. a consensus in a full court meeting. b. a panel of twelve jurors. c. a two-person majority of the panel. d. a unanimous decision of the three judges. e. the senior judge of the panel.

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A researcher wants to look at the effects of "stress endurance treatment" on self-esteem in cancer patients. The researcher measures 50 cancer patients on self-esteem

The researcher then has all the participants attend "stress endurance treatment" sessions once a week. At the end of the 8-week treatment, participants are again measured on self-esteem. This is an example of a(n) A) ex post facto design. B) ad hoc design. C) single-group, posttest-only design. D) single-group, pretest-posttest design.

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