Chapter 16 vocab

Decision-making process

• Decision-making can be regarded as the cognitive process resulting in the selection of a belief or a course of
• action among several alternative possibilities

GOVERNMENT POLICY

• a declaration of a government's political activities

Point of View

• a particular attitude or way of considering a matter

Cultural Beliefs

• the beliefs of a certain culture or group

Patriotism

• belief and loyalty to one's country

Nationalism

• patriotic feelings, principles, or efforts

Nation

• an independent country

State

• a subunit of a country

Nation-state

• a sovereign state whose citizens are relatively homogeneous