Cognitive dissonance results from (Multiple Choice)

Cognitive dissonance results from
 
  a. personal emotions such as feelings of hostility or insecurity.
  b. a low level of knowledge due to poor education.
  c. the difficulty in processing information under conditions of uncertainty.
  d. filtering of information inconsistent with existing images.

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Which of the following intelligence agency activities are NOT categorized as the political and paramilitary intervention function of intelligence?
 
  a. Secret financial assistance
  b. Psychological warfare
  c. Assassinations and coups d'tat
  d. Prevention of espionage against American targets

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Perception is most affected in foreign policy by
 
  a. defense mechanisms. c. groupthink.
  b. historical analogies. d. all of the above.

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The duties of __________ include the prevention and investigation of sabotage against American targets.
 
  a. source analysts c. CIA operatives only
  b. counterintelligence agents d. intelligence of the service branches

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Information received about the behavior of another actor when it diverges from what has actually taken place is known as
 
  a. misperception. c. cognitive consistency.
  b. rationality. d. satisficing.