Kevin, a basketball player for City High School, sinks thirty straight free throws during practice. However, during the critical game of the season, with the score tied and twenty seconds left to play, Kevin misses three consecutive free throws. Kevin's behavior can best be explained by theory.

1. three hundred fifty texans massacred goliad 2. the president who annexed texas tyler 3. a mission used as a fort san jacinto 4. dictator of mexico sam houston 5. texas william travis 6. commander of the texas army lone star republic 7. where santa anna was captured stephen austin 8. brought more than two thousand people to texas alamo 9. texan commander of the alamo santa anna

It is widely assumed that people need to engage in intellectual activities such as solving crossword puzzles or mathematics problems in order to maintain mental sharpness as they age. in fact, however, simply talking to other people—that is, participating in social interaction, which engages many mental and perceptual skills—suffices. evidence to this effect comes from a study showing that the more social contact people report, the better their mental skills. which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the force of the evidence cited? (a) as people grow older, they are often advised to keep exercising their physical and mental capacities in order to maintain or improve them. (b) many medical conditions and treatments that adversely affect a person's mental sharpness also tend to increase that person's social isolation. (c) many people are proficient both in social interactions and in solving mathematical problems. (d) the study did not itself collect data but analyzed data bearing on the issue from prior studies. (e) the tasks evaluating mental sharpness for which data were compiled by the study were more akin to mathematics problems than to conversation.

Why would business leaders favor laissez faire capitalism and social darwinism