Two College Roommates Do Not Agree on the Best Way

question 30

Essay

Two college roommates do not agree on the best way to handle the clutter piled up in your dorm room.Roommate 1 explains that chaos is inevitable, so why fight it? Roommate 2 counters that maintaining an organized environment makes life easier in many ways, and that chaos is not inevitable.What law of thermodynamics drives the thinking of Roommate 1? What thermodynamic argument can be used to support Roommate 2?

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Definitions:

Ethnocentric

Viewing or evaluating other cultures solely from the perspective and values of one's own culture.

Food Foraging

The activity of searching for, identifying, and collecting food resources in the wild, such as plants, insects, and small animals.

Attribute

A quality, feature, or characteristic that is inherent to or associated with someone or something.

Cultural Evolution

The dynamic process through which cultures change and develop over time through mechanisms such as innovation, diffusion, and adaptation.