I believe the answer is: They are based on the arbitrary borders of old European empires
African continent was colonized by different european empire. To avoid conflicts among the european, they divided africa into several territories and dtermine which country has the jurisdiction over each territories. After African nations gained independence, they still use this separation as borders to differentiate one country with another.
Answer: The correct answers are 1-increase pluralistic ignorance 2- less likely to assume it's an emergency situation
Explanation:
Pluralistic ignorance is a concept in social psychology that refers to a situation in which a group of people reject certain norms or behavior but go along with it because they feel and assume (Sometimes incorrectly) that other people accept it.
Pluralistic ignorance can explain the By-stander effect that leads people to think "if no one is saying anything or doing anything then I'm not going to say or do anything".
In this particular case, Gillian heard a squeal of brakes and a crash. She looks around and notices that no one was affected by that noise and subsequently she stays calm.
Answer:
The correct answer would be, Mental compulsion.
Explanation:
Tony hates his brother so much that he has started to think that if anything bad happens to his brother, he would be the one responsible for that. So whenever he passes by his brother's room, he starts to count odd numbers, this helps him lessen his anxiety. Tony's this behavior describes as the Mental compulsion.
Compulsions are behaviors that are repeated again and again to reduce the anxiety that is related to some obsession, and obsessions are unreasonable, unrelated thoughts or fears that make a person anxious. So to reduce the obsessions, a person may act compulsive. He tries to find out ways to reduce his anxiety, just like in the given question, Tony starts to count odd number whenever he passes by his brother room to reduce his fears and unreasonable thoughts.
