If the United States Threatens to Impose a Tariff on German

question 228

Multiple Choice

If the United States threatens to impose a tariff on German cars if Germany does not remove agricultural subsidies,the United States will be

• A) better off no matter how Germany responds.
• B) better off if Germany gives in,and will be no worse off if it doesn't.
• C) worse off if Germany doesn't give in to the threat.
• D) worse off no matter how Germany responds.

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Definitions:

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to view events and people in ways that fit how we want and expect them to be.

Causal Attribution

The process by which individuals explain the causes of behavior and events, attributing them to internal dispositions or external situations.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency for observers to overestimate personality or dispositional causes for someone else's behavior and underestimate situational influences.

Ease of Retrieval Effect

The phenomenon where individuals judge the frequency or likelihood of an event based on how easily examples of the event come to mind.