Match the Term with the Definition

question 64

Multiple Choice

Match the term with the definition.
-Top-secret government report of April 1950 warning that national survival required a massive military buildup. The Korean War brought nearly all of the expansion called for in the report, and by 1952, defense spending claimed nearly 70 percent of the federal budget.

• A)Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
• B)Cold War
• C)containment
• D)House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
• E)Housing Act of 1949
• F)iron curtain
• G)Marshall Plan
• H)North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
• I)NSC 68
• J)Korean War
• K)Taft-Hartley Act
• L)Truman Doctrine

Explain the role of traits in personality psychology.

Appreciate the significance of cultural and gender differences in psychological research.

Understand the evolutionary perspective on psychological traits.

Describe the cognitive perspective and its contributions to understanding human behavior.

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Definitions:

Proportion of Votes

The percentage of total votes cast that is received by a candidate, party, or proposition in an election.

Critical Elections

Pivotal elections that signal significant changes in political alignments, leading to the emergence of new and lasting political coalitions.

Oscillations

Repetitive variations, typically in time, of some measure about a central value or between two or more different states.

Party Control

The influence or authority that a political party has over governmental policies and decisions.