Category: Social studies

What theory states that if you simultaneously hold two cognitions that are inconsistent you will experience a feeling of discomfort? The central thesis of cognitive dissonance theory (Festinger, 1957) is that when two beliefs are inconsistent, individuals experience negatively arousing cognitive conflict (called dissonance). Because the dissonance is aversive, the individuals try to reduce it […]

How did this first contact between affect the peoples of both Europe and the Americas? How did contact between the European arrivals & the native people of the Americas affect both groups? It benefited the Europeans with more land for crops, new resources for materials and weapons, and it allowed them to spread their religion(s). […]

When a nation has a comparative advantage in producing a product then in comparison with any other nation it can produce that product? When a nation has a comparative advantage in producing a product, then in comparison with any other nation it can produce that product: at a lower domestic opportunity cost. When a country […]

What do school teachers in Chicago have in common with sumo wrestlers? What do Schoolteachers and Sumo Wrestlers Have in common? They both cheat. their students. For example, in 1996 if a Chicago school’s reading scores fell below a certain level, the school would close and staff would be “dismissed or reassigned” (Dubner). What it […]

What tool do you use to view processes and thread statistics on a system? Introduction. Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity. Which tool can tell you system uptime? The systeminfo command displays detailed configuration info about a computer and can be used to […]

What type of question does not restrict the respondents answers? An open-ended question is a type of survey question that does not restrict respondents to already-provided answer options. What do you call questions that simply ask respondents to answer yes or no? Closed questions are used to force a brief, often one-word answer. Closed questions […]

Why did the Spanish establish missions in Texas? The Spanish Colonial era in Texas began with a system of missions and presidios, designed to spread Christianity and to establish control over the region. The missionaries hoped to spread Christianity and the Spanish culture to native groups. Presidios were the missions’ secular counterpart. What was the […]

What was brinkmanship in the Cold War? Brinkmanship is a foreign policy used in the Cold War which is where a country would push a dangerous issue or event to the edge looking for the best outcome for there side. An example of the policy of Brinkmanship was in 1962 when the Soviet Union placed […]

How does global air circulation cells move air? Instead of one large circulation between the poles and the equator, there are three circulations… Hadley cell – Low latitude air movement toward the equator that with heating, rises vertically, with poleward movement in the upper atmosphere. Once over the poles, the air sinks, forming the polar […]

What is individual clinical expertise? They write, “By individual clinical expertise, we mean the proficiency and judgment that individual clinicians acquire through clinical experience and clinical practice. Why is individual clinical expertise important? Good doctors use both individual clinical expertise and the best available external evidence, and neither alone is enough. Without clinical expertise, practice […]