Cold War Hostility Between the USSR and the United States

question 20

Multiple Choice

Cold war hostility between the USSR and the United States is an example of a

• A) unipolar system.
• B) bipolar system.
• C) tripolar system.
• D) multipolar system.

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Definitions:

Secondary Reinforcement

A conditioning process where a stimulus reinforces a behavior after it has been associated with a primary reinforcer.

Shaping

A method of operant conditioning by which successive approximations of a desired behavior are reinforced until the exact behavior is achieved.

Generalization

The process in psychology by which a response is made to a stimulus that is similar to, but not identical to, the stimulus that conditioned the response.

Extinction

The process by which a learned behavior becomes less common or disappears altogether when reinforcement is no longer associated with it.