All of the ancient civilizations were close to a major water source.
All of them practiced agriculture in order to provide enough food for their civilization.
All of them had some sort of irrigaiton in place in order to water down he fields.
All of them lived in socially stratified societies where a ruler was present.
Answer:
Effort justification
Explanation:
Social Psychology
This is an aspect of psychology that deals with the application of scientific methods to explain or understand the ways in which a person's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are affected by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others.
Attitudes
This is simply making decisions in form of a judgements about objects, events, and ideas. It is Partially a result of social norms and it Influence social perception/memories.
Cognitive dissonance theory simply covers the fact that inconsistent cognitions cause discomfort and so we are motivated to reduce discomfort; We merge our attitudes and behaviors by changing attitudes or behaviors.
The Types of cognitive dissonance
1.Post-decision justification
2.Effort Justification
Effort Justification
This is simply the ability of people's to attribute a greater value that is a greater than objective value to an outcome they had to put effort into acquiring or achieving.
Answer:
Totalitarianism is a form of political organization in which the state controls every aspect of people's lives: from the political views they hold, to the people they can vote for, to even the way they dress, or the art they like.
The classic example of a totalitarian state in Nazi Germany. In literature, there is also a famous example in the novel 1984, by George Orwell, where a totalitarian government, led by a mysterious figure named "Big Brother" controls even the thoughts of the protagonist.
Democracy is very different from totalitarianism, however, one thing that both systems share is the tendency to overvalue the opinion of the majority of people, over the opinion of the minority. This is why it is important for a democracy to promote pluralism, and to protect the rights of minorities to express their ideas, opinions, and culture.
