Your Neighbor Goes to the Post Office Once a Month

question 43

Multiple Choice

Your neighbor goes to the post office once a month and picks up two checks,one for $18,000 and one for $4,000.The larger check takes 4 days to clear after it is deposited; the smaller one takes 6 days.Assume 30 days per month.What is the weighted average delay?

• A)4.21 days
• B)4.36 days
• C)4.78 days
• D)5.00 days
• E)6.00 days

Identify core virtues and values in positive psychology.

Examine the differences in virtues and happiness across cultures.

Grasp the phenomenological perspective and its approach to understanding individuals.

Understand Csikszentmihalyi's concept of flow and its characteristics.

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Definitions:

Social Laws

Norms and rules that govern behavior within a society, often formalized into legal codes and regulations.

Human Behavior

The range of behaviors exhibited by humans and which are influenced by culture, attitudes, emotions, values, ethics, authority, rapport, hypnosis, persuasion, coercion, and/or genetics.

Positivism

A system of thought that regards scientific observation to be the highest form of knowledge.

Scientific Observation

The process of carefully watching and analyzing phenomena in a systematic way to gain empirical knowledge.