When ainslie did poorly on the physics midterm exam, she blamed her low score on the unfair exam and the lousy professor. but when the final grades in the course were curved and she received an a-, she concluded that she had a real talent and mental capacity for logical scientific thinking. this example illustrates the

Self-serving bias

Explanation:

In psychology, the self-serving bias refers to the tendency people have to attribute positive events to their own character (internal factor) but attribute negative events to external factors.

In this example, Ainslie did poorly on the physics exam (negative event) and she blamed her score on the unfair exam and the professor (external factors).

However, when she received an A- (positive event) she concluded that she had a real talent and mental capacity for logical thinking (internal factors).

Thus, this example is illustrating the self-serving bias.

panem is a communist totalitarian dictatorship where all the resources and how they are allocated belongs to the capitol. the districts exist only to provide goods and services for the capital and most of the citizens live in poverty. it is a police state where the "peacekeepers" use force and threats to keep the people under control. dissent is outlawed and those who disobey the law are executed, flogged, or turned into avoxes. the games are another means in which the ruling elite in the capitol exert their power over the districts. when reading the books i drew parallels between panem and the soviet union and north korea. in no way is panem capitalist. the people in the capitol are wealthy but the majority of them are involved in the government somehow. it was the same way in the former soviet union where bigwigs in the communist party and high ranking government officials were given access to goods, services, medical treatments not available to the general public. if you think panem has a capitalist economy you need to brush up on your economics.