Read this paragraph. rico opened his laptop and began his internet search. he recalled with frustration the "b–” he had earned on his last research paper. his teacher told him that the online encyclopedia he had quoted was "not sufficient research.” luckily, his librarian had provided a list of reliable research websites for this assignment. rico reached into his backpack and pulled out his social studies notebook. the assignment sheet read "departments of the us government,” and a variety of websites ending in ".gov” were listed on the back. which of these predictions is best supported by the information provided? i think rico will read an online encyclopedia because he has used that source in the past. i think rico will consult a number of websites because his librarian provided a list. i think rico will earn a “b–” because his teacher often gives students that grade. i think rico will be unable to find information on the internet because his topic is challenging.

The prediction that is best supported by the information provided is " I think Rico will consult a number of websites because his librarian provided a list".

Explanation: The paragraph provided expresses that Rico did not get a good mark in his last research paper, but that he has the opportunity to get a better grade with a new assignment. As Rico is committed to doing a better research this time, he intends to use a list of reliable research websites that his librarian gave him. This list does not include online encyclopedias, but websites that are administered by the government. Therefore, the prediction that is best supported by the information offered is that Rico will make use of the list provided and will resort to different websites to do his research.

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government is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.

the support that the author, uses in the article facing our fears is a): a definition of the part of the brain called the amygdala.

he takes neuroscientist joseph ledoux's words by telling that by falling to distinguish between evolutionary old systems located in the amygdala and newer systems, centered in the prefrontal cortex, doctors have conflated non conscious threat circuits in the brain with circuits that underlie the conscious experience of fear. that, the author says, "leads ledoux to the jarring conclusion that the amygdala, a decades-old centerpiece of the brain's fear circuit, does not underlie the conscious feeling of fear".

despite this, the author points out in the article that that is a controversial notion and that evidence, in animal and humans, supports the idea that core emotions can exist outside of conscious awareness.