Which of the Following Stories Would Be Most Likely to Persist

question 45

Multiple Choice

Which of the following stories would be most likely to persist over time?

• A) Two brothers enjoy playing basketball together on the weekend, during their free time.
• B) A child ate too much blueberry pie for dessert, and now she has a stomach ache.
• C) A crocodile spins 14 times and reaches with its purple hand for a lightbulb, which makes a whistling sound.
• D) A girl boards the school bus, sits in her usual seat, and begins to doze off when the bus starts to fly.
• E) Two students, one who is Hindu and one who is Christian, discuss their religious beliefs.

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Definitions:

Laissez-Faire Society

A society where transactions between private parties are free from state intervention, including restrictive regulations, taxes, tariffs, and enforced monopolies.

Social Control

Mechanisms, strategies, and processes that regulate individual and group behavior, aiming to maintain conformity and compliance within a society.

Capitalism

An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, investments determined by private decision, and prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market.

Growth of the State

The process of increase in the size and scope of government activities, often referring to the expansion of its regulatory, taxing, and coercive capacities.