Describe an Algorithm That Takes a List of Integers A₁

question 26

Essay

Describe an algorithm that takes a list of integers a₁, a₂, . . . , a_n
and finds the second-largest integer in the sequence by going through the list and keeping track of the largest and second-largest integer encountered.

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Definitions:

Social Identity

The part of an individual's self-concept derived from perceived membership in social groups.

Social Facilitation

The tendency for people to perform differently when in the presence of others than when alone, typically improving on simple or well-learned tasks.

Ingroup Bias

A tendency to favor groups we belong to more than those that we don’t.

Ingroup Bias

A tendency to favor members of one's own group over those from external groups.