Social Studies Questions

A senator who agrees to vote for a tax cut bill that he or she disagrees with in order to receive another senator’s vote on a climate change bill that he or she has proposed is engaged in __________.
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When the jury determined that the plaintiff had compensatory damages in the amount of $200,000 but would only be able to recover $160,000 of those damages, it was applying the legal theory of:
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"Kendra and several classmates are studying for an upcoming exam. As they talk, the level of oxytocin in Kendra's bloodstream begins to rise. This is most likely to lead Kendra to experience increased feelings of social" psychology
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On the following page, you will find an ad for energy efficient light bulbs. Above it, I provide some additional information. After reading this data, answer the following questions: a) Suppose you are the head of a purchasing department of a large publicly traded company. On average, your firm uses each light bulb for 750 hours a year. Would you buy the energy efficient light bulb WITHOUT the possibility of a mail-in rebate
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Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War? A) Robert E. Lee B) Andrew Johnson C) Abraham Lincoln D) Ulysses S. Grant
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What are the laws and goals that a government follows called? A: public policies B: protection C: politics D: legislative power
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A group of American students switches places with a group of Egyptian students in a foreign exchange program. Students who were placed together in small groups with a host family expressed a higher prevalence of signs of culture shock than students placed alone in a family. This difference might be due to: A. group think. B. deindividuation. C. group polarization. D. cultural bias.
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imagine you are designing a research study that is examining developmental milestones in young children from a dynamic systems theory perspective. Which of the following sets of measures and variables would you want to collect
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Greta's child has facial deformities, a smaller than normal head, heart defects, lower intelligence, and delayed growth. If these defects can be traced to a teratogen used by Greta when she was pregnant, which was she most likely abusing?a) nicotineb) cocainec) alcohold) marijuana
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In "Globalization of the Local/Localization of the Global" author Amrita Basu argued that transnational women's movements have been less successful when mobilizing for economic issues and more effective when the basis for mobilization is sexual victimization and their claims are stated in terms of civil and political rights.
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A local human service organization contacted Mr. Tanaka. The organization asked him to conduct a study to identify the difficulties and problems of the elderly in the local community so that the organization could develop social programs to help them. What type of study would this be? a. Needs assessment * b. Cost-benefit analysis c. Planning, Programming and Budgeting System d. Summative Evaluation Research
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Students in the United States seldom applaud after a lecture, whereas students in Europe often applaud or rap their knuckles on their desks. This cultural difference reflects the power of ____________ to influence nonverbal communication. A. display rules B. emblems C. encoding D. politeness norms
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Generally, systems analysts review the work of other systems analysts, and programmers review the work of other programmers, as a form of peer review, in structured walk-throughs.
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Fred Thompson rents an apartment under a two-year written lease. He has occupied the apartment for one full year, and now the landlord is selling the apartment building to a new owner. So far as Thompson's lease is concerned:
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Georgia likes to make tuna fish sandwiches for lunch. She uses her electric can opener and then usually gives the can with a few bits of tuna left inside to the cat as a treat. Georgia recently noticed that the cat comes running into the kitchen every time she uses her can opener to open anything, not just tuna fish. The cat's behavior when it hears the sound of the can opener is a result of:
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Most successful politicians are shrewd and practical in the decisions they make. Therefore Mayor O'Connell will be shrewd and practical in her decisions, since she is a successful politician is an example of:________. a) enumerative induction.b) statistical syllogism.c) causal argument.d) analogy.
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George Sperling was able to differentiate between the amount of information that could be stored in sensory memory and the time until the memory faded by cuing participants to recallA) an entire visual scene from memory. B) a row of letters in a visual array. C) the first letters of words in a visual array.D) the second of three sentences in a visual array
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If you find that the staff who work in your college's career center gave you poor advice or otherwise did not provide sufficient help in finding you employment after graduation, you may be dissatisfied with your entire college experience. This is an example of which issue associated with services
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Priam, Hectors father, knows that the gods protected and strengthened Achilles​
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Nat King Cole is known for, among other things:
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Derek likes to bully his little brother Matt. Their mother begins to give Derek the mild punishment of a stern look every time Derek hits Matt. This is sufficient to stop Derek's bullying, and in time, Derek stops bullying Matt even when his mother is not around. According to theories of insufficient punishment, why might this happen?
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Despite the fact that Feodor's hand shakes, and he has a difficult time walking and positioning and moving his body to get in and out of chairs, he remains mentally sharp. Feodor appears to have
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Diffusion is: ____A. the movement of a substance across a membrane. B. the movement of a substance by osmosis. C. the movement of substances from an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration. D. the tendency of molecules to move in space due to kinetic energy.
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If research continues to indicate that the SAT is biased against students from low socio-economic backgrounds and does not reflect their knowledge or skills, what does that mean for the test psychometric properties?
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