What Is the Institutional Argument That Supports the View That

question 43

Multiple Choice

What is the institutional argument that supports the view that democracies do not go to war with each other?

• A)It focuses on the way that democracies often find it easier to reach compromise with each other.
• B)It asserts that democracies have a respect for each other that they do not have for nondemocratic states.
• C)As democracies are very successful at fighting wars, democratic politicians are worried that they might lose a war with another democracy. This would make them vulnerable in upcoming elections; so they fear going to war with other democracies.
• D)It states that the three branches of government in a democracy and the related checks and balances make it much less likely for two democracies to enter into war with each other.

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Definitions:

Conditioning

A training method where a person's actions are increasingly influenced by the presence of a specific environmental cue.

Fear Neutral Stimuli

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Shock

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Stimulus Generalization

The psychological phenomenon where a response to a specific stimulus is elicited by similar stimuli, indicating a lack of discrimination.