What Impact Did the September 11, 2001 Attacks Have on the Presidency

question 26

Multiple Choice

What impact did the September 11, 2001 attacks have on the presidency?

• A) They allowed President Bush to expand executive power to enter into a war on terrorism.
• B) The attacks led President Bush to adopt an isolationist foreign policy.
• C) They caused President Bush to scale back military occupations in the Middle East.
• D) They forced President Bush to devolve authority over national security to the states.

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Definitions:

Stimulus Discrimination

The ability of an individual to differentiate between similar stimuli and respond appropriately to each, often used in marketing to distinguish a brand from its competitors.

Cognitive Dissonance

The mental discomfort experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time, leading to alteration in one of the attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors to reduce the discomfort.

Selective Retention

The tendency of individuals to remember more information that is personally meaningful to them while forgetting irrelevant information.

Stimulus Generalization

The psychological principle that occurs when a response to a specific stimulus is elicited by similar stimuli, applied in marketing to create a familiar response through similar branding.