Were Senator Joseph McCarthy's Unsubstantiated and Ruinous Allegations of Communist

question 9

Essay

Were Senator Joseph McCarthy's unsubstantiated and ruinous allegations of communist sympathies and activities against liberals, former and current government officials in the State Department and other government bureaucracies, and even members of the U.S. Army a reflection of his personal character or a manifestation of the larger American fears and anxieties about communism and social change in the late 1940s and early 1950s?

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

A training approach that involves forming connections between a stimulus in the environment and one that occurs naturally.

Conditioned Response

An automatic response established by training to an ordinarily neutral stimulus.

Unconditioned Response

In classical conditioning, it's the automatic, natural reaction to an unconditioned stimulus without prior learning or conditioning.

Behaviorist

A supporter of the behavioral approach in psychology, emphasizing behavioral analysis and modification rather than internal or cognitive states.