Why Can It Be Hard to Achieve Credibility in International

question 13

Multiple Choice

Why can it be hard to achieve credibility in international bargaining?

• A)There are no objective measures of power.
• B)Leaders are irrational when they are bargaining.
• C)States have an incentive to misrepresent their position to achieve a better bargain.
• D)Diplomats engaged in bargaining rarely know the full extent of their own state's power.

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Definitions:

Convergent Thinking

A cognitive approach involving the bringing together of different ideas to determine the single best solution to a given problem.

Parallel Processing

The ability of the brain to simultaneously process incoming stimuli of differing quality, a fundamental mechanism for understanding complex scenarios.

Serial Processing

A cognitive process in which the brain analyzes information sequentially, one operation at a time.