According to "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain," what is the difference between a poet and a Negro poet? Select all that

One can deduce from this passage that A. Mrs. Flowers understands the feelings of others.

This indicates that Mrs. Flowers anticipated by reflecting on the general behavior of children—"Children these days would burst out of sheet-metal clothing. They're so rough."—as well as what Mrs. Henderson might expect to avoid issues with the garment. Due to her sensitivity to the emotions of those around her, she recognized the appropriate action to take even before being prompted.

Read "What makes good people do bad things?", by MELISSA DITTMANN

Which statement best supports Zimbardo’s belief that individuals aren’t inherently “good” or “evil”?

A. “‘Any of us can move across it... I argue that we all have the capacity for love and evil — to be Mother Theresa, to be Hitler or Saddam Hussein.’” ( Paragraph 3)

B. “In one condition, they overheard an assistant calling the other students ‘animals’ and in another condition, ‘nice.’” ( Paragraph 8)

C. “The same social psychological processes… that acted in the Stanford Prison Experiment were at play at Abu Ghraib, Zimbardo argued.” ( Paragraph 16)

D. “As such, the Abu Ghraib soldiers' mental state… may have further contributed to their ‘evil’ actions, he noted.” ( Paragraph 18)

Answer: A. “‘Any of us can move across it... I argue that we all have the capacity for love and evil — to be Mother Theresa, to be Hitler or Saddam Hussein.’” ( Paragraph 3)

Explanation:

Zimbardo posits that the distinction between good and evil is not fixed, suggesting no one is born strictly into either category. Rather, everyone has the potential to traverse this boundary, particularly when influenced by specific situations. For instance, the mindset of the soldiers, combined with insufficient oversight and accountability, was involved in the mistreatment of an Iraqi prisoner at Abu Ghraib.