Kennedy and Adolphs, in their article about stress in the city, reported two findings in which activity in the brain was associated (in a bad way) with different aspects of city life. One finding was that activation of the amygdala correlated with the size of the city in which an individual currently resided. Another finding involved a different area of the brain and its association with 1) the length of time a person had lived in a large city during childhood.
2) the population density of one's current geographic residence.
3) the region of origin of a person's mother.
4) the region in which one lived from age 18-21 years old.

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?

In referencing madison, provide at least two reasons explaining why a republic can do a better job of controlling the effects of faction than a pure democracy.

In order for a plaintiff to win a case involving intentional infliction of emotional distress, she must prove the defendant acted in an extreme and outrageous manner. a. true b. false