Xenophanes wrote that if horses and cattle could do so, they would create gods in their own images. How is this statement typically interpreted?
a. It ridicules the gods of rural residents and favors those of individuals who lived in the larger towns.
b. It supports the idea that there are many gods for many purposes.
c. It recognizes that all living beings possess a portion of divinity and must therefore be honored.
d. It is critical of the prevailing pantheistic religion and argues that there is a higher god that is unknowable.
D
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a. ?Martin Seligman and Ed Diener b. ?Kenneth Clark and Mamie Phipps Clark c. ?Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers d. ?Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers
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a) "risky shift" b) deindividuation c) group polarization d) groupthink
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a) personal distress b) defensiveness c) denial d) disability