Please bring a large blue book for the midterm exam on March 3rd.
You are responsible for the assigned readings and the topics covered in lecture and class discussions.
Here is a list of terms to help you prepare.
  You should not only be able to define these, you should also be ready to critically discuss them.

Rational Actor Theory
Rational Choice Theory
Downs’ characterization of candidates seeking elective office
Downs’ voting turnout model
Median Voter Theory and what it predicts
Collective action problems
The tragedy of the commons
The prisoner’s dilemma
The paradox of voting
Utility maximization
Mini-max regret
Five types of “solutions” to the paradox of voting (Dowding 2005)
B-term solutions, and social benefits (Edlin, Gelman, and Kaplan 2007)
Scientific Realism
Instrumental Empiricism
Procedural (bounded) rationality
Global (substantive) rationality
“Reason” as the point of focus in building Simon’s bridge
Informational crutches as a means to make good decisions