Sam lives for three periods: youth, middle age, and old age. In each period, he chooses whether to eat chocolate or not. Once Sam tries it, he becomes addicted in the next period and remains addicted forever. Assume that, in youth, Sam is not addicted to chocolate. Sam’s utility depends on the state of addiction: U ( eating chocolate | addicted ) = -4 U ( eating chocolate | not addicted ) = 4 U ( not eating chocolate | addicted ) = -10 U ( not eating chocolate | not addicted ) = 2 Assume delta = 0.5 (

True or False: The following scenario is an example of confirmation bias. John hears a rumor that his co-worker Barry is having an affair with his co-worker Mary, but he is initially unsure that it is true. On Monday, John notices that Barry smiling at Mary when talking about their TPS reports. On Tuesday, John observes Mary holding eye-contact with Barry while discussing the situation with the loading dock. Finally, on Wednesday John sees Barry wink at Mary after telling her an anecdote that ended with him saying “I tried to enter the bare-knuckle boxing tournament this past weekend but for the life of me I couldn’t find anywhere to get bear knuckles.” At this point, John is certain that they were having an affair. 

In a certain city, 1% of the population has a rare medical condition. A diagnostic test for this condition has an accuracy of 95%, meaning that it correctly identifies the condition in 95% of cases when it is present, and correctly identifies the absence of the condition in 75% of cases when it is not present. If a randomly selected individual from this city tests positive for the condition, what is the probability that they actually have the condition?

List AND explain four characteristics of a cancer cell that enables its growth. Partial credit may be given.

This question has 2 parts. Please address both questions in your answer. Partial credit may be given. 1) What are free radicals? 2) BRIEFLY describe how free radicals cause cellular injury.

 In a class of 20 students, 12 are business majors and 8 are not. If 5 of the business majors are women, find P(student is a woman | student is a business major).

A coin is flipped and a die is rolled. Find P(getting heads and a number less than 3). State if events are independent.

Construct a histogram from this relative frequency table. Then, determine if the distribution is approximately normal, skewed right, or skewed left. 10 – 19 0.05 20 – 29 0.15 30 – 39 0.35 40 – 49 0.30 50 – 59 0.15

Discuss the major themes of C. S. Lewis’ book The Abolition of Man.

Define the following terms: 1) Worldview 2) Imago Dei 3) Immanent Frame 4) Meta-Ethics 5) Utilitarianism 6) Retributive Justice (or Lex Talionis) 7) Eternal Law (as taught by Thomas Aquinas 8) Theocracy 9) Trial by Ordeal 10) Objective Morality.