What Developments in the Cold War Occurred in the 1960s

question 10

Essay

What developments in the Cold War occurred in the 1960s? In what ways did the Cold War seem to be intensifying, and at the same time, how did the ideological positions on each side seem to be relaxing?

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Definitions:

Self-Fulfilling Prophesy

A prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true, due to the positive feedback between belief and behavior.

Discrimination

The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, sex, or disability.

Self-Serving Bias

The common tendency to attribute successes to personal abilities and failures to external factors.

Defensive Attribution

A psychological process by which individuals assign causes to behaviors or outcomes in a way that defends their self-esteem.