November #1

Cultural attitudes often change. This food was once considered a "poverty food" that was served to prisoners and indentured servants, now consumers pay a premium for this.

• Oysters

• Lobster

• Octopus

• Cavier

Distance, an athletic store in Europe, created a campaign, "Rob it, to get it!" The trick was they had to be able to outrun the security guard, Olympic medalist Zeze. This creative approach to marketing is an example of

• linear thinking

• convergent thinking

• divergent thinking

• dogmatic thinking

These are all constraints on knowledge except

• dogmatism

• cognitive closure

• apathy

• divergent thinking

• power

We've been talking how perception can be skewed by expectations, priming, or motivated seeing. Who/what was just seen last month hiking in Colorado?

• Bigfoot

• a troll

• Mothman

• the Jersey devil

The Himba perceive the world differently and can observe details more easily because

• they live in the southern hemisphere

• they see objects in relationship to others

• they are semi-nomadic

• most of their time is spent outdoors

What word would you give to this optical illusion that helps drivers slow down in Iceland?

• cognitive closure

• culture

• selective attention

• context

41 states are suing Meta for deliberately designing algorithms to make social media more addictive and concealing its own research. This is very similar to lawsuits in the past against tobacco and oxycontin. We don't perceive Meta's tactics for many reasons. These individuals would have an obvious explanation for our blindness except

• Descartes

• Apollo, the magician

• Stanton Rush

• Arie Kruglanski

Cogito ergo sum translates as

• I think, therefore I am

• I see, therefore I am

• I'm certain, therefore I am

• I know, therefore I am

Who will be the leader at the next climate summit COP28?

• Greta Thunberg

• Bill Gates

• Al Gore

• An oil company CEO

In contrast to popular belief, advisors to the FDA determined that this popular medication phenylephrine, which is the active ingredient in cold remedies, does NOT

• make you tired.

• make you lose your appetite.

• does not create hallucinations.

• relieve congestion.