One of the problems with credentialism is that more and more students (with their parents’ ) are attempting to attend private schools or to be placed in the best tracks in their public school. this may be one of the reasons that:

What makes the just-world hypothesis psychologically appealing to the average person? a. many people develop skewed perceptions based on their worst experiences with the poor, which makes it hard for them to see things objectively. b. it is supported by a wealth of empirical data. c. most people’s everyday experiences teach them that society tends to distribute rewards and punishments fairly. d. most people have a strong need to believe that the world is orderly, predictable, and fair.

Marian recently made the decision to try to re-wallpaper her own kitchen—which was a mistake given her personality! to compound the mistake, she selected a complex wallpaper pattern that included flowers and trees. each time she put one strip of paper on the wall, she became increasingly upset if there was not a perfect match from the pattern of one strip to the next. if one flower was off by as much as one-tenth of an inch, she would tear down the strip, remove the excess paste, and try again with the next strip. over eight hours after she started this job, she has only succeeded at putting up six strips of wallpaper, which covered about 10 percent of the room in which she was working. marian may suffer from personality disorder.

Choose the statements that correctly describe the electoral college. 1. not all states get the same number of electoral votes. 2. there are 538 members of the electoral college. 3. members of congress are part of the electoral college. 4. to become president, a candidate must get a majority of the electoral votes. 5. a candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win an election. 6. the electoral college is used the elect all national government offices.