Thomas, a struggling college student, was entering his favorite grocery store to buy a few things when he was approached by a woman who told him that she had no money and needed a few food items to eat. she suggested that thomas get some steaks for grilling and return with her to her apartment for dinner. thomas told her that he did not have much money and did not want to take anything for her without buying it, but the woman persisted and would not take no for answer. while continuing to pressure thomas, she went into the store with him. while in the grocery store, thomas was eventually convinced to put some steaks and other items in his backpack and, without paying for them, carried them out of the store in preparation for dinner with the woman. unknown to thomas, the woman was actually an undercover police officer who arrested him for shoplifting. what do you think is the best defense for thomas? explain. do you think this defense will be successful?

What specific science discipline do most social engineering attacks rely on when they are being used?

Which of the following selections is least useful for supporting the claim that states intentionally built unequal school systems? question 1 options: the supreme court ruling in plessy v. ferguson (1896) wrote into law that america had two separate societies: one black and one white. it was very clear by the mid-1900s that southern states had expertly built separate educational systems. these schools, however, were never equal. states with laws keeping schools segregated never gave equal amounts of money to their black and white schools. ten years after brown, fewer than 10 percent of southern public schools had integrated. some areas did not comply at all.

Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere, but politicians often must disguise their true feelings when they make public statements. if they expressed their honest views—about, say, their party's policies—then achieving politically necessary compromises would be much more difficult. clearly, the very insincerity that people decry shows that our government is functioning well. which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines this reasoning? (a) achieving political compromises is not all that is necessary for the proper functioning of a government. (b) some political compromises are not in the best long-term interest of the government. (c) voters often judge politicians by criteria other than the sincerity with which they express their views. (d) a political party's policies could turn out to be detrimental to the functioning of a government. (e) some of the public statements made by politicians about their party's policies could in fact be sincere.