Determinism is the idea that free will is an illusion and that our behavior is governed by internaland external forces over which we have no control; consequently, our behavior is viewed as predictable. Hard determinism is the view that forces outside of our control have complete authority over behavior, however soft determinism opposes this view and suggests that we are constrained by these forces, but only to an extent as there is an element of free will in behavior.
This is an example of "Belief persistence".
The standard of belief persistence, expresses that 'While changing beliefs because of new proof, you should keep on believing however many of the old convictions as could be expected under the circumstances. Specifically, this implies if an individual gets new data, she needs to oblige it in her new belief set, and, if the new data isn't conflicting with the old belief set, at that point;(1) the individual needs to keep up every one of the beliefs she already had and (2) the change ought to be negligible as in each suggestion in the new belief set must be deducible from the association of the old belief set and the new data.
Benjamin Franklin said there are three faithful friends and old wife and old dogs and ready money
The answer is b. social clock
Social clock refer to the social expectations that are
given by a culture about when the transitional events like marriage, having
kids, or retirement should take place in life. The social clock for every
culture and country differs, as the norms and values of every society have been
shaped over several centuries.
By bringing religion to a new territory, many europeans and priests were able to instill new views on god to the people of the new territory thus, affecting the cultural landscape.