After a Peace Treaty Was Signed in Paris in 1973

question 107

Multiple Choice

After a peace treaty was signed in Paris in 1973 to end the Second Indochinese War,

• A)President Johnson decided to escalate the fighting in nearby Laos.
• B)North and South Vietnam settled their differences peacefully.
• C)America took control of all of Vietnam.
• D)North Vietnam couldn't reach a political accord with South Vietnam, and finally attacked and defeated the south two years later.
• E)the United States elected Richard Nixon as its new president.

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Definitions:

Heuristics

Mental shortcuts or rules of thumb that simplify decision making, often utilized when facing complex problems or incomplete information.

Reasoning

The mental activity of transforming information to reach conclusions.

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.

Endowment Effect

The cognitive bias causing individuals to ascribe higher value to things merely because they own them.