Atheory would best be defined as: a. speculations that social scientist make regarding human behavior and social phenomena. b. a set of interrelated, abstracts, concepts, and statements that offer an explanation of some phenomenon. c. assumptions that have been proven through research to be true. d. concepts and statements that may be true but about which there is no evidence.

You are an faa-certificated air traffic control tower operator employed by the faa in that position. you are required to also hold a current faa aviation medical certificate to exercise the privileges of your certificate. your current medical certificate expires tomorrow and you're online filling out the faa application form to get a new medical certificate, when you come to the question: "do you currently use any medication (prescription or nonprescription)? " you've been under a lot of stress lately at home, mainly caused by family finances, and were feeling pretty depressed. sensing your mental state, your brother-in-law gave you a bottle of prescription anti-depressant tablets, saying: "here, try these; they really worked for me when i was all down about losing my job last year and i don't need them anymore." you tried them, they are working, and you're feeling fine now that you're taking them. there's no record of you getting the meds, and you consider answering the question "no" to avoid the possibility of a truthful answer causing problems for you at work. describe in detail all of the possible adverse legal consequences you would be risking if you give that false answer.

Martin is managing a production line in a manufacturing plant in the midwest. martin has a quality and productivity problem in one part of the manufacturing process. he discovers that his workers aren't sure what to do. when he asks why they didn't ask questions, the universal reply is, "we midwesterners don't ask questions, we just do." martin decides to address this problem by offering recognition rewards for anyone who asks the most job-related questions each month that lead to process improvements. unfortunately, martin finds the program doesn't work. when he further questions his workers, he discovers that no one wants to be the first to ask questions. as a group, workers still feel that they should figure it out on their own and not ask questions. martin finds carmen, one of the workers that everyone else admires, and talks her into being the first to ask questions as part of the program. after about a month, several other people begin to submit questions, and soon everyone in the plant is asking questions. refer to case 6.1. martin's plan failed initially because he didn't consider the power of on attitudes.

Dominic and stacy each have a stamp collection. dominic has six fewer stamps than three times the number of stamps stacy has. dominic and stacy decide to give all of their stamps to their younger sister, mary. if stacy had s stamps, which expression represents the number of stamps that mary received? a. (3s − 18)(3s − 6) b. 2s − 18 c. 4s − 6 d. 4s − 18