The correct answer is A) priming.
Daniel is headed out on a blind date. The friend who set him up told him that his date was valedictorian of her graduating class. As Daniel is talking with his date, he begins to question his own understanding of math when she tells him that 1+1=3. His perception that she is right, even though it goes against what he understands, is due to priming.
This phenomenon happens when one external stimulus is able to influence your perception of reality and makes you believe something although you cannot understand it, That is why Daniel started to question his own understanding of math when her date told him that 1+1=3. The effect of priming on a person can be circumstantial, momentary, or last for a while. According to scholars, priming can present itself in the following modalities: affective, negative, positive, and perceptual, and has a direct impact on the receiver.
No, it's like a massive prison. If you attempt to leave, you will be publicly executed.
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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.
The child that can solve the pendulum problem is operating in the formal operational thinking stage. This stage starts when the child is age 12 and lasts until adulthood. This stage is when children are able to think abstractly and manipulate ideas in their heads without a concrete model. An example is solving a mathematical calculation.
