Both the ancient Mesopotamian and ancient Egyptian civilizations began in river valleys in dry climates. Both civilizations modified their environment in a number of ways. For example, they built canals and dams, which provided water for farming and saved their cities from flooding and drought. Both of these regions thrived for thousands of years. Think about how important it is for a government to provide a stable food supply, laws, and protection for a civilization to thrive. Based on what you’ve learned about ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt, what kind of leadership does such a civilization need? What does a government need to do to protect the way of life for its people? Can you think of any instances when the government did not attend to the needs of the people?

Which of the following scenarios illustrates the error in thinking known as overconfidence? choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. over the years, about 45 percent of the students in dr. hunt's introductory psychology course have correctly predicted their major, but their confidence in this prediction has been about 75 percent on average. maria was afraid she would fail her introductory psychology midterm. when she got an a, she convinced herself that she had known all along she would do well on the exam. over the years, about 45 percent of the students in dr. hunt's introductory psychology course have correctly predicted their major, and their confidence in this prediction has also been about 45 percent on average. five students in dr. hunt's introductory psychology course were unwilling to predict major because they were afraid of making an incorrect prediction.

Aresearcher conducts a focus group to learn about attitudes towards hygiene and disease prevention. two weeks after the focus group, the researcher learns one of the subjects had a heart attack at home and was hospitalized, but made a full recovery. based on dhs regulations, the researcher report this event to the irb? no, this does not need to be reported since the subject had the heart attack when they were home, not at the focus group.no, this does not need to be reported since it is unrelated to participation in the study.no, this does not need to be reported because two weeks have passed.no, this does not need to be reported since the subject recovered.

Identify the example of when situation and time are key to assessing risk of harm in a research study: a study on the efficacy of a behavioral intervention for smoking cessation involves both adults and teenagersasking women if they have had an abortionresearch on the prevalence of hiv-infected individuals in communitiesa survey about sexually transmitted diseases