Afrench teacher reads an article about how visual imagery (i. e., "picturing" things in one's mind) can be used to students learn french vocabulary words. to find out if visual imagery is more effective than verbal repetition in learning vocabulary words, she develops two different study guides for her students-one that tells students how to use visual imagery to learn french words, and one that tells them just to repeat the words over and over again-and randomly distributes the two study guides to her students. over the next few weeks, the teacher finds that students using visual imagery study guides achieve higher average quiz scores. she concludes that the study guides describing the visual imagery technique her students learn their french vocabulary words. is the teacher's conclusion valid

everyone knows that religion has a dangerous tendency to promote violence. this story is part of the conventional wisdom of western societies, and it underlies many of our institutions and policies, from limits on the public role of religion to efforts to promote democracy in the middle east.

explanation:

glass wants to live in a world of super heroes and villains. he have lived all his life trying to be responsible for the creating the origin story of a super hero; he schemed and caused many incidents (many of them fatal) hoping that someday someone with superpowers would show up and save the day.

he knew himself very much. he saw himself as a villain of a real-life super hero story. he was aware of his strengths (more than smart enough for being manipulative and scheming) and weaknesses (having fragile bones and having to rely on his mind to succeed).