Author Question: Several presidents have been given conflicting advice during wartime. Some advisers urged the ... (Read 106 times)

joesmith1212 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Several presidents have been given conflicting advice during wartime. Some advisers urged the president to pursue a peaceful solution; others urged him to escalate bombing to overcome the enemy.

These presidents did not want to go down in history as the first U.S. president to lose a war, so they have chosen to escalate, thereby prolonging the war. According to your text, this decision was most likely a consequence of the motive to

a. perceive the situation as accurately as possible.
b. save as many lives as possible.
c. justify previous actions.
d. convince the taxpayers that a tax increase was necessary.

Question 2

From the perspective of Fritz Heider, you're not only reacting to the behavior of your roommate, but also

a. planning on how to reward or punish the roommate's behavior.
b. perceiving the individual components of your roommate's behavior to determine how to respond.
c. reacting to what you think your roommate is perceiving, thinking, and feeling.
d. you aren't concerned with what your roommate thinks.