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Take the Online Persuasion Quiz (Part 3)

1. Which of the following statements is true?

A) Unskilled people tend to over-rate their abilities.

B) Highly skilled people tend to under-rate their abilities.

C) Neither.

D) Both.

2. In an oft-repeated experiment, small gifts (e.g. branded coffee mugs) are randomly given to half of the students in a class. Then, the winners are asked how much they’d sell their mugs for, and the non-winners are asked how much they’d pay for one. What typically happens?

A) The winners place a much higher value on the mugs than the non-winners.

B) The non-winners place a much higher value on the mugs than the winners.

C) It depends on the awesomeness of the mug.

D) It depends on how many cup holders the participants have in their cars.

3. True or False:

System Justification Theory (which explains our tendency to support and defend the status quo with respect to our overall social order) only works for those who benefit from the current system. It does not apply to those who are disadvantaged by it (e.g. minorities and the poor).

4. To determine how powerful our need to exact revenge is, Dan Ariely has conducted several versions of “The Trust Game”. Which statement best describes the results of these experiments? (In other words, how do we tend to react when slighted?)

A) We are generally quite forgiving, and tend not to seek revenge.

B) We may seek revenge if it’s easy and cheap, but won’t go to any trouble or expense.

C) The desire for revenge is powerful; many people will reach into their own pockets and pay for the opportunity to get even.

D) The need for revenge is all-consuming. Virtually all test participants expressed a desire for “Kill Bill” vengeance.

5. If you have to suffer a stroke, which of the following is the safest place to have it?

A) In a very busy place, with lots of people milling around (like a train station or busy sidewalk).

B) In a relatively sparsely-populated area (like a sidewalk with the odd pedestrian).

C) Alone at home.


ANSWERS

1. D is correct. The unskilled, lacking the intelligence or insight to assess themselves accurately, over-rate their abilities; the highly skilled wrongly assume that others find tasks as easy as they do.

This is known as the Dunning-Kruger Effect, but was best expressed by Bertrand Russell:
In the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
2. A is correct. To part with their mugs, mug owners typically demand about double the amount non-owners are willing to pay. This is an example of Divestiture Aversion: losing something feels much worse than not having it in the first place.

3. False. The poor and disadvantaged – being the most dependent on the existing social order – will often support the status quo even when change would benefit them.

4. Our need to exact revenge is strong; achieving revenge activates the pleasure centers of our brains. But most of us have some limits. C is correct.

5. If you suffer a stroke in a crowd, Diffusion of Responsibility may prevent anyone from taking action to help. You’re better off with just one or two people around, so they’ll feel responsible and do something to help. B is correct.

Slugging

In practice, slugging involves the creation of free, unofficial ad hoc carpool networks, often with published routes and pick-up and drop-off locations. In the morning, sluggers gather at local businesses and at government-run locations such as park and ride-like facilities or bus stops and subway stations with lines of sluggers. Drivers pull up to the queue for the route they will follow and either display a sign or call out the designated drop-off point they are willing to drive to and how many passengers they can take; in the Washington area the Pentagon—the largest place of employment in the United States, with 25,000 workers—is a popular destination. Enough riders fill the car and the driver departs. In the evening, the routes reverse.[11][2]
Many unofficial rules of etiquette exist, and Websites allow sluggers to post warnings about those who break them.[2] Some Washington D.C. rules are:
Drivers are not to pick up sluggers en route to or standing outside the line, a practice referred to as "body snatching".
A woman is not to be left in the line alone, for her safety.
No talking unless the driver initiates conversation.
No eating, smoking, or putting on makeup.
The driver has full control of the radio and climate controls.
No open windows unless the driver approves.
No money is exchanged or requested, as the driver and slugs all benefit from slugging.
Driver and passengers say "Thank you" at the end.[12]

Coffee and Milk Art

Moms are the greatest

Well something which we all know but wanted to share again..... Mom just know what is going wrong with you and have this uncanny ability to find a solution about it!!!! Miss my mom....

Persian carpets

Glorious and beautiful.... Wish I can own one of them...

आखिरी पड़ाव

आखिरी पड़ाव

वक़्त का तकाजा हैं, ज़रा गौर करना
उम्र का पड़ाव हैं, ज़रा संभल कर चलना

बचपन के खेल कब यादें बन गए, पता न चला
वोह आदतें, वोह पहनावें कब किस्से बन गए, कुछ पता न चला

पुराने कस्बे और उनकी गलियों की आवाज़
कब शहर के शोर में बदल गयी, पता न चला
वोह काले बाल और चमकीले आखें
कब रंग बदल गयी, कुछ पता न चला

लफ़्ज़ों का तानाबाना कब सिलसिले बन गए, पता न चला
घर में रहते हुए भी हम आज मुसाफिर बन गए, कुछ पता न चला

आज वक़्त नाराज़ हैं, कुछ कहने को बेताब हैं
पर उम्र का आखिरी पड़ाव हैं, शायद संभल कर न चल सके

yaar

तेज धुप और वोह चमकता सूरज
मई की गर्मी और फर्शी की तपश
स्कूल की छुट्टी और आँगन का खेल
उस कल की याद और यादों का मेल

बहुत सोचा पर याद न आया उसका नाम
वोह मेरा साथी और मेरा यार, आज हो गया बेनाम

छुपम छुपाई हो या हो लगोरी
क्रिकेट की वोह टीम या हो भागमभाग
दाम देने के हो बारी
को कर लेते हम वोह बाँट

बहुत की हमने कैरी की चोरी
पडोसी हो या आंटी, कभी होते हम न सॉरी
पत्थर, डंडा और पेड़ पर चढाई
उस कैरी की लिए हमने की बड़ी लड़ाई

आज सिर्फ वोह यादें ही बाकी हैं
उस यार का नाम तो नहीं
पर शायद यारी बाकी हैं

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वक़्त की उस लय पर चल रहीं हूँ, जहाँ खुद की परछाई से डर लगता हैं
आगे बढ तो रहीं हूँ पर, पीछे देखने पर डर लगता हैं

आसमान की उचाईयों से गिरने के दर्द से ज्यादा
आज मुझे उस खूबसूरत ख़ुशी से डर लगता हैं

कहते हैं की हर चीज़ का वक़्त होता हैं, जिसकी किस्मत में हो वही मिलता हैं
आज वही वक़्त और अपनी किस्मत से डर लगता हैं

लय पर तो चल रही हूँ, पर अपनी चाल पर डर लगता हैं.........