3 variants of constructivism
neoclassical, post-modernist, scientific realist
construct variant that focuses on intersubjective meanings, committed to social science, skeptical of universal "laws" of society
neoclassical
construct variant that is skeptical of social science, focus on LANGUAGE as a key structure, you CANNOT assess validity of analytical and ethical knowledge claims
post-modernist
construct variant that shifts attention to social structure, identities, but use traditional social science methods. believes in both observable and non-observable aspects of world
scientific realist
modern mainstream variant of construct
neoclassical
critical variant of construct
post-modernist
naturalist variant of construct
scientific realist
3 variants of classical liberalism
institutional liberalism, commercial liberalism, sociological liberalism
variant of classical lib that believes democracies are conducive to peace
institutional liberalism
variant of classical lib that believes market economies and trade are conducive to peace
commercial liberalism
variant of classical lib that believes increased interaction is conducive to peace
sociological liberalism
4 Kinds of State Level Theories
Political Culture, Political Institution, Economic, Domestic Political Cleavage
2 variants of neorealism
defensive, offensive
4 levels of analysis
individual, state, group, system
- relying on immediate examples that come to person's mind
availability bias
Scripts, Personae; affects choices of analogies
representativeness bias
anectdote more vivid than statistics
vividness bias
theory that People's tendency to strongly prefer avoiding losses to acquire gains
prospect theory
error that the tendency for people to place an undue emphasis on internal characteristics (personality) to explain someone else's behavior in a given situation rather than considering the situation's external conditions
fundamental attribution error
bias that refers to the systematic errors made when people evaluate or try to find reasons for their own and others' behaviors.
attribution bias