Author Question: Do politicians acknowledge the trade-offs that are inherent to political decisions? a. No; ... (Read 200 times)

JMatthes · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Do politicians acknowledge the trade-offs that are inherent to political decisions?

a. No; politicians appear to be unaware of these trade-offs.
b. Yes; politicians appear to hyper-aware of trade-offs, and acknowledge them much more than the average person.
c. Politicians tend to be upfront about these trade-offs when running for office, but generally fail to acknowledge trade-offs once they are in office.
d. Politicians tend to downplay or ignore trade-offs when running for office, though they seem to acknowledge trade-offs once they are in office.

Question 2

In terms of the kinds of predictions that it makes, research on cognitive dissonance theory is most at odds with research on ____.

a. belief perseverance
b. the A-B problem
c. balance theory
d. effort justification