| Term | Definition |
|---|
| amnesty | the act of granting pardon to a large group of people |
| bilingualism | the practice of teaching immigrant students in their own language |
| brinkmanship | the willingness to go to the brink of war to force an opponent to back down |
| conservative | a person who believes government power, particularly in the economy, should be limited in order to maximize individual freedom |
| corporation | an organization that is authorized by law to carry on an activity but treated as though it were a single person |
| detente | relaxation of tensions between the United States and its two major Communist rivals, the Soviet Union and China |
| downsizing | reducing a company in size by laying off workers and managers to become more efficient |
| ethnic cleansing | the expulsion, imprisonment, or killing of ethnic minorities by a dominant majority group |
| fascism | a political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition |
| flexible response | the buildup of conventional troops and weapons to allow a nation to fight a limited war without using nuclear weapons |
| imperialism | the actions used by one nation to exercise political or economic control over smaller or weaker nation |
| insurrection | an act of rebellion against the established government |
| internationalism | a national policy of actively trading with foreign countries to foster peace and prosperity |
| liberal | a person who generally believes the government should take an active role in the economy and in social programs but that the government should not dictate social behavior |
| multinational | ______ corporation; large corporations with overseas investments |
| political machine | an organization linked to a political party that often controlled local government |
| proliferation | nuclear ______; the spread of nuclear weapons to new nations |
| segregation | the separation or isolation of a race, class, or group |
| segregation | the separation or isolation of a race, class, or group |
| self-determination | belief that people in a territory should have the ability to choose their own government |
| state sponsored | ______ terrorism; violent acts against civilians that are secretly suported by a government in order to attack other nations without going to war |
| subversion | a systematic attempt to overthrow a government by using persons working secretly from within |
| terrorism | the use of violence by non-governmental groups against civilians to achieve a political goal by instilling fear and frightening governments into changing policies |
| cognitive restructuring | Changing the thoughts one has in a particular situation |
| culture-bound syndrome | Cluster of symptoms that define or describe an illness in a cultural context |
| elaborative rehearsal | Method of remembering information by relating it to information already known |
| independent variable | Factor in an experiment that researchers manipulate so that they can determine its effect |
| latent learning | The form of learning that keeps knowledge hidden until it is needed is called ____________________ ____________________. |
| maintenance rehearsal | Method of repeating information over and over to keep from forgetting it |
| negative correlation | Stress and health are thought to have a(n) ____________________ ____________________ since stress goes up as health deteriorates, or goes down. |
| observational learning | The type of learning that occurs when a person observes and imitates others is called ____________________ ____________________. |
| operant conditioning | Form of learning based on the consequences of actions |
| post-traumatic stress disorder | Intense, persistent feelings of anxiety caused by traumatic experience |
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