What role did George Washington assume in 1775?

What was the primary argument Thomas Paine made in Common Sense?

What law passed in Kansas in 1855 criminalized anti-slavery speech and publications?

Which compromise attempted to prevent the Civil War by protecting slavery below the Missouri Compromise line?

What was the main goal of the Virginia Plan?

Which president was impeached during Reconstruction?

Near the end of this section on optimism, we watched a TED talk by Alison Ledgerwood in which she discussed a few different studies examining negative frames.  What was a key point she made on how people respond to negative versus positive information?

Essay Item (4 points possible):  We watched a TED talk video during class that featured Tali Sharot discussing the optimism bias.  Explain what that term means.  Her point in the talk was quite different (I think) than that of the book.  Explain some pros and cons of this bias…and provide some examples on how it impacts people (provide a bit of detail here).  

In class we saw a short video in which a clinical researcher discussed an intervention meant to modify the visual attention of participants.  What was the population targeted for this particular study?  

Short-Answer Item (3 points possible): What is meant by the term blind optimism?  Is it a “good thing” or not? Briefly explain….