Which of the Following Is (Are) an Example(s) of Credible

question 8

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is (are) an example(s) of credible commitment problems in political settings?

• A) Iraq's Shia-dominated government promising Sunnis that if they disarm, the government will promise not to repress them and it will share power.
• B) The British government in Northern Ireland promising to negotiate a political settlement with the Irish Republican Army (IRA) if the IRA will first turn in its arms.
• C) The African National Congress (the mainly Black political party) in South Africa promising not to redistribute wealth away from the white minority if it transfers political power and ends the apartheid era.
• D) all of these

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Definitions:

Preconscious

The part of the mind containing thoughts and feelings that are not currently in conscious awareness but can be easily accessed.

Psychosexual Stages

A Freudian theory describing five stages of child development, each centered on sexual pleasure from different body areas.

Phallic

Referring to or characterized by the third stage of psychosexual development in Freudian theory, focusing on the genital organs as the primary source of pleasure.

Latency

In psychoanalytic theory, a period of childhood development characterized by the sublimation of instinctual drives; it is considered a phase of relative psychological calm.