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This study of perception and misperception in foreign policy was a landmark in the application of cognitive psychology to political decision making. The New York Times called it, in an article published nearly ten years after the book's appearance, "the seminal statement of principles underlying political psychology."

The perspective established by Jervis remains an important counterpoint to structural explanations of international politics, and from it has developed a large literature on the psychology of leaders and the problems of decision making under conditions of incomplete information, stress, and cognitive bias.

Jervis begins by describing the process of perception (for example, how decision makers learn from history) and then explores common forms of misperception (such as overestimating one's influence). Finally, he tests his ideas through a number of important events in international relations from nineteenth- and twentieth-century European history.

In a contemporary application of Jervis's ideas, some argue that Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990 in part because he misread the signals of American leaders with regard to the independence of Kuwait. Also, leaders of the United States and Iraq in the run-up to the most recent Gulf War might have been operating under cognitive biases that made them value certain kinds of information more than others, whether or not the information was true. Jervis proved that, once a leader believed something, that perception would influence the way the leader perceived all other relevant information.

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Reviewing a time-span from the first Muslim-Christian encounters to the Salman Rushdie affair, this study traces the history of the two religions in question and attempts to describe how the exponents of each religion perceive the other..
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This digital document is an article from Clinical Psychiatry News, published by International Medical News Group on December 1, 2004. The length of the article is 3715 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: ECT misperceptions widespread.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
Author: Randall Espinoza
Publication:Clinical Psychiatry News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2004
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 32 Issue: 12 Page: 10(1)

Article Type: Letter to the Editor

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This digital document is an article from Midstream, published by Theodor Herzl Foundation on May 1, 2000. The length of the article is 2541 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Biblical Misperceptions.
Author: Harold Ticktin
Publication:Midstream (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2000
Publisher: Theodor Herzl Foundation
Volume: 46 Issue: 4 Page: 16

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Consumer Affairs, published by American Council on Consumer Interests on June 22, 1991. The length of the article is 3866 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: A survey of food shoppers showed that consumers underestimate the number of advertised grocery store items reduced in price and the average amount these products are market down. Newspaper advertisements appear to be relied upon more by consumers who believe that advertised brands are of better quality than those not advertised. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

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Title: Misperceptions of grocery advertising.
Author: Judith Lynne Zaichkowsky
Publication:Journal of Consumer Affairs (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 1991
Publisher: American Council on Consumer Interests
Volume: v25 Issue: n1 Page: p98(12)

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This digital document is an article from National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, published by The National Underwriter Company on July 26, 2004. The length of the article is 1501 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Separating M&A fact from fiction: common misperceptions could steer agency principals down the wrong road.(mergers and acquisitions,facts)
Author: Kevin Stipe
Publication:National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 26, 2004
Publisher: The National Underwriter Company
Volume: 108 Issue: 28 Page: 10(2)

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