According to shermer, why do people believe in "weird things"?

Sometimes real estate agents will provide fresh baked chocolate chip cookies at open house tours in hopes that the buyers will associate the smell of cookies with positive feelings of home. What type of conditioning are they applying?

What happened to the Israelites when they migrated to Egypt?

Which of these is the LEAST likely result of the illegal drug trade? increased taxes increase in violence a decrease in public safety increased standard of living

How could Native American life been different if Europeans had not colonized North America?

Hailey is a one-year-old baby who is hungry. she begins crying and does not stop until she is fed, regardless of what her parents do to soothe her. which part of freud's theory is at work with hailey?

What type of test purposefully uses only questions that are familiar to people from all socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds or uses no verbal questions at all?

What was the cause of King Philip's war? (He was a Native American)

The state of Ohio has a dwindling population. In an effort to increase the birthrate in the state, it offers a $5,000 bonus to all families giving birth in the state for the next three years. Which of the following is the latent function? a.

If I say "black", it might make you think of the word "white." The connection in your memory between these concepts is known as:A) associationism. B) dualism. C) empiricism. D) nativism.

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