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natalie2426

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A practice called chicken that occurs in Japan has recently come under criticism and steps are being taken to curtail it. What is this practice?
 
  a. People who sell drugs on the street are disciplined through public vigilante punishment rather than facinglegal actions.
 b. Teachers in school are allowed to using caning as a disciplinary method on children as young as 4 years ofage.
 c. Mothers take their daughters away from the home to raise them in solitude until they reach the age of 3 years.
  d. Adult businessmen grope schoolgirls who ride public transportation.

Question 2

Vito finished first in the school spelling bee, Fabrizio finished second, and Luigi finished third. The first-place winner gets a cash prize and the opportunity to compete at the regional spelling bee, but the others get nothing. Which of the following is most likely to occur?
 
  a. Fabrizio will engage in more counterfactual thinking than Luigi.
  b. Luigi will engage in more counterfactual thinking than Fabrizio.
  c. Fabrizio and Luigi will engage in counterfactual thinking to about the same extent, but more so than Vito.
  d. Fabrizio and Luigi will engage in counterfactual thinking to about the same extent, but less so than Vito.



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

a



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