While westerners tend to prize rationality, objectivity, empirical evidence, and the scientific method, it is important to consider when discussing worldviews that these views often mesh well with cultures that value and believe in fatalism, subjectivity, mysticism, and intuition?

Adefendant visited her doctor to seek treatment for a bullet wound. while he was treating the wound, the doctor asked the defendant how she was shot. the defendant replied that she was struck by a police officer’s bullet while running away from a jewelry store she had robbed, but she implored the doctor not to tell this to anyone. the doctor promised that he would not. although the defendant was never charged by the police, the owner of the jewelry store brought suit against her seeking the value of the stolen goods. the defendant denied robbing the store. at the trial, the owner calls the doctor to testify to the statement made to him by the defendant. the defense attorney objects on the ground that such testimony is barred by the jurisdiction’s physician-patient privilege. should the objection be sustained?

Not all members of the radio audience of orson welles' war of the worlds broadcast panicked immediately. indeed, some didn't panic until they looked out of the window and saw empty streets; others didn't panic until they saw streets full of traffic. it was after checking out the situation that these citizens decided that the martians had indeed invaded earth. this example illustrates that contagion can result when people look to others for the interpretation of ambiguous situations . can result when cultural norms reinforce people's most likely responses. occurs primarily because humans are by nature irrational creatures. is especially likely when people are motivated to make independent decisions.

You know that shaw tried to use his plays to promote social messages. you also know that he was a socialist. what is the most likely "moral" of the story concerning the use of language? language should be used to climb the social ladder; literally, it can turn flower girls into duchesses. proper use of language can "declass" the lower classes and them out of "the gutter." proper use of language, including not swearing, is the proud and proper mark of a gentleman. higher classes have a "higher" consciousness and therefore naturally speak better than the lower classes.