Which of the Following Was Not a Cause of the Cold

question 7

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was not a cause of the Cold War?

• A) American capitalism and Soviet communism were historically hostile social philosophies.
• B) The Soviet Union sought spheres of influence while the United States pursued Wilsonian ideals of open, democratized international relations.
• C) Neither the United States nor the Soviet Union had experience as a dominant global great power.
• D) Both the United States and the Soviet Union believed in spreading their "revolutionary" ideals to peoples everywhere.
• E) America and the Soviet Union had historically competing national interests.

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Definitions:

Interval

A specific period between events or a certain point in time within a continuum.

Ratio

A quantitative relationship between two numbers showing how many times the first number contains the second or is contained by it.

Intermittent Reinforcement

A conditioning schedule in which a response is only sometimes rewarded, leading to more resistant behavioral patterns.

Reinforcer

In the context of behavioral psychology, a stimulus that follows a behavior and increases the likelihood of the behavior being repeated.