1. What influences a person’s choices? Our decision-making process is heavily influenced by past experiences‚ instincts‚ our emotional states‚ our capacities for delayed gratification and the strong desire not to make wrong decisions. Even some innate desire for endorphins probably adds to our decisions. When you face more and more options and information‚ it can complicate your thinking and increase your expectations of regret. 2. Does creativity mater? Yes because it empirical support as an
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1. What was the chapter about? (Main ideas and topics) Hispanic/Latino Americans faced many different unfair treatments from Anglo-Europeans. First beginning with the conquering of their land‚ then the denial of citizenship‚ and finally‚ the unequal education rights. American basically used Hispanics for their own benefit. For example‚ they allowed them to fight in the American military yet‚ they still weren’t granted citizenship. 2. What did reading the chapter make you think about? It made me
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Summer Assignment for Honors English One Questions for To Kill a Mockingbird 1. a. The geographical location of the story‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ is in the South. I know this because in the book it says‚ “Being Southerners‚ it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we had no recorded ancestors on either side of the Battle of Hastings.” page 3-4 b. The story‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ is taken place in Maycomb County‚ Alabama. I know this because in the novel it says‚ “When
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1. How did WWII impact Salinger? Following the attack on Pearl Harbor‚ Salinger was drafted into the army‚ serving from 1942-’44. His short military career saw him land at Utah Beach in France during the Normandy Invasion and be a part of the action at the Battle of the Bulge. Salinger continued to write‚ assembling chapters for a new novel whose main character was a deeply unsatisfied young man named Holden Caulfield. Salinger did not escape the war without some trauma‚ and when it ended he was
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Chapter 8 29. The travel-to-work time for residents of the 15 largest cities in the United States is reported in the 2003 Information Please Almanac. Suppose that a preliminary simple random sample of residents of San Francisco is used to develop a planning value of 6.25 minutes for the population standard deviation. If we want to estimate the population mean travel-to-work time for San Francisco residents with a margin of error of 2 minutes‚ what sample size should be used? Assume 95% confidence
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1) The “iron curtain” was a dividing line because it was dividing Eastern and Western Europe. Western Europe had more of a democratic form of government where as Eastern Europe was ruled by the Soviet Union. 2) The policy President Truman is suggesting in his speech to Congress is the Truman Doctrine. The Truman Doctrine is a policy that stated that the United States would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent them from falling into the Soviet Sphere. This policy
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Chapters 15 15-1: Discuss the main differences between the minimum pay regulation in the United States and one other country’s practices discussed in chapter 15. The purpose of the minimum wage is to provide individuals with the ability to having an acceptable living standard. The concern this that if companies are made to pay out more in wages that they will not make a profit and often fight to keep the minimum wage low. The other benefits to having a minimum wage is to ensure workers can contribute
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In which city do the Dursleys and Harry Potter live? They live in Surrey‚ England. 2. In which way were Mrs Potter and Mrs Dursley different? Mrs Potter excelled at everything she did and on the contrary‚ Mrs Dursley was not as talented as her and consequently lived in her sister’s shadow. 3. At the beginning of chapter 2‚ Mr Dursley notices something unusual on his way to work‚ what is it? A cat reading a book. 4. What did Mr Dursley see‚ as he was waiting in traffic? People
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1. Why do you think Vivian agreed to be in the study and stay in the study? In the movie Wit‚ the main character Vivian really value learning‚ which is why she committed herself to be part of the study. Vivian is a successful English professor who has accomplished many things; however‚ her obsession in education causes her to have lack of social interaction or friends. While Vivian is an intelligent woman‚ she does not have the knowledge what life and death really means. When Vivian first found
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Unit 4222-265 Causes and spread of infection Outcome 1 1. identify the differences between bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites Bacteria are single cell organisms‚ fungi are multi-cell organisms. Viruses are made up of proteins and nucleic acids‚ they aren’t living whereas the others are. Viruses invade cells. They do not breathe or feed. Parasites are animals or plants that live off other animals or plants. 2. identify common illnesses and infections caused by bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and
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