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#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
596	Truman Doctrine	proper noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Term structure: Truman + Doctrine. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the 1947 United States policy of supporting states resisting armed pressure or authoritarian expansion, first applied to Greece and Turkey	The Truman Doctrine framed aid to Greece and Turkey as part of a broader containment policy.
597	Marshall Plan	proper noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Term structure: Marshall + Plan. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the United States program that funded European economic recovery after World War II	The Marshall Plan supplied grants and materials for rebuilding infrastructure and industry.
598	Berlin Airlift	proper noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Term structure: Berlin + Airlift. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the 1948–1949 Allied operation that supplied West Berlin by air during a Soviet ground blockade	The Berlin Airlift delivered food and fuel for nearly a year.
599	NATO	proper noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Capitalization focus: NATO is an abbreviation or initialism; preserve its capital letters.	the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a collective-defense alliance founded in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and western European states	Under NATO, members agreed that an attack on one could be treated as an attack on all.
600	Warsaw Pact	proper noun Study Field: Grade 10 world-history, civics, and economics term Word study: Term structure: Warsaw + Pact. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the Soviet-led military alliance established in 1955 among eastern European communist states	The Warsaw Pact formalized military cooperation within the Soviet bloc.
601	classical conditioning	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: classical + conditioning. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	learning in which a previously neutral cue comes to trigger a response after being paired with a stimulus that already triggers it	Classical conditioning explains why the dog began to salivate when it heard the food cart.
602	unconditioned stimulus	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: unconditioned + stimulus. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a stimulus that naturally produces a response without prior learning	Food was the unconditioned stimulus that automatically caused the dog to salivate.
603	conditioned stimulus	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: conditioned + stimulus. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a previously neutral cue that triggers a learned response after repeated pairing	After several trials, the bell became a conditioned stimulus.
604	unconditioned response	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: unconditioned + response. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an automatic unlearned reaction to an unconditioned stimulus	Salivating at food is an unconditioned response.
605	conditioned response	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: conditioned + response. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a learned reaction produced by a conditioned stimulus	Salivating at the bell became the dog's conditioned response.
606	spontaneous recovery	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: spontaneous + recovery. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the return of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a rest period	Spontaneous recovery occurred when the dog reacted to the bell again the next morning.
607	stimulus generalization	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: stimulus + generalization. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the tendency for stimuli resembling a conditioned cue to produce a similar response	Stimulus generalization caused the child to fear several dogs after one frightening encounter.
608	stimulus discrimination	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: stimulus + discrimination. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the learned ability to respond differently to similar stimuli	Stimulus discrimination allowed the dog to react to the food bell but ignore the doorbell.
609	operant conditioning	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: operant + conditioning. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	learning in which consequences increase or decrease the likelihood of voluntary behavior	Operant conditioning increased careful practice because completed sessions earned extra game time.
610	positive reinforcement	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: positive + reinforcement. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the addition of a desirable consequence to increase a behavior	Praise served as positive reinforcement for submitting work on time.
611	negative reinforcement	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: negative + reinforcement. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the removal of an unpleasant condition to increase a behavior	Fastening the seat belt stops the warning sound, so the silence acts as negative reinforcement.
612	punishment	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ment commonly forms a noun for an action, process, state, or result.	a consequence intended to reduce the likelihood of a behavior	Losing computer privileges was a punishment for repeatedly ignoring the rule.
613	shaping	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Base-form focus: shaping is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	reinforcing successive steps that become progressively closer to a desired behavior	The trainer used shaping by rewarding the parrot first for approaching and later for touching the target.
614	observational learning	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: observational + learning. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	acquiring behavior or knowledge by watching others	Observational learning helped the child tie a knot after watching an older sibling.
615	working memory	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: working + memory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the limited mental system that briefly holds and manipulates information needed for a task	Working memory keeps the first numbers available while a student completes a calculation.
616	long-term memory	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: long + term + memory. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the durable storage system for information retained beyond the immediate moment	Repeated retrieval helped the formulas enter long-term memory.
617	encoding	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Base-form focus: encoding is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the process of converting information into a form that can be stored in memory	Connecting a date with a vivid image improved encoding.
618	retrieval	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Base-form focus: retrieval is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the process of bringing stored information back into awareness	A familiar song triggered retrieval of a childhood memory.
619	schema	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Base-form focus: schema is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	an organized mental framework used to interpret and categorize information	A restaurant schema helps diners predict that they will order before paying.
620	accommodation	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	the modification of an existing mental framework when new information cannot fit it	Learning that whales are mammals required accommodation of the child's animal categories.
621	cognitive dissonance	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: cognitive + dissonance. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	mental discomfort caused by holding conflicting beliefs or by acting against one's beliefs	Cognitive dissonance troubled Lena when her purchases conflicted with her concern about waste.
622	metacognition	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Suffix focus: -ition commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	awareness and regulation of one's own thinking and learning processes	Metacognition helped Arun notice that rereading alone was not helping him remember.
623	availability heuristic	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: availability + heuristic. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a mental shortcut that judges likelihood according to how easily examples come to mind	After watching several reports about plane crashes, the availability heuristic made flying seem unusually dangerous.
624	representativeness heuristic	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: representativeness + heuristic. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a mental shortcut that judges probability by similarity to a typical case while sometimes ignoring base rates	The representativeness heuristic led voters to assume the quiet book lover must be a librarian.
625	anchoring bias	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: anchoring + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the tendency to rely too heavily on the first number or idea encountered when making a judgment	An inflated starting price created anchoring bias during the negotiation.
626	framing effect	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: framing + effect. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a change in judgment caused by presenting equivalent information in different ways	The framing effect made ninety-percent survival sound more reassuring than ten-percent mortality.
627	hindsight bias	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: hindsight + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the tendency to view an event as having been predictable after its outcome is known	Hindsight bias made the upset victory seem obvious once the match was over.
628	fundamental attribution error	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: fundamental + attribution + error. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the tendency to overemphasize personal traits and underestimate circumstances when explaining another person's behavior	The fundamental attribution error led Theo to call the late driver careless without considering the road closure.
629	self-serving bias	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: self + serving + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the tendency to credit personal qualities for success while blaming external conditions for failure	Self-serving bias appeared when the player praised skill after winning but blamed the weather after losing.
630	growth mindset	noun Study Field: Grade 10 psychology, philosophy, arts, and media term Word study: Term structure: growth + mindset. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the belief that abilities can develop through effective effort, strategies, and support	A growth mindset encouraged Mina to treat corrections as information for improvement.

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