Many Physicians Did Not Realize That Bleeding Was an Ineffective

question 32

Multiple Choice

Many physicians did not realize that bleeding was an ineffective treatment for typhoid fever until researchers made effective use of

• A)stress inoculation training.
• B)the placebo effect.
• C)a control group.
• D)exposure therapies.

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Definitions:

McCarthyism

A period of intense anti-communist suspicion in the United States during the early 1950s, characterized by Senator Joseph McCarthy's investigations and accusations without substantiated evidence.

Totalitarianism

A form of government in which the state holds total authority over society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life whenever possible.

Truman Doctrine

A U.S. foreign policy established in 1947 that aimed to contain the spread of communism through economic and military aid to countries resisting Soviet influence.

Taft-Harley Act

Also known as the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, this law restricted the power and activities of labor unions in the United States.