Barbour and Wright aver that the original intention of the Second Amendment was to ______.

a. counter the potentially troublesome power of standing armies
b. permit private individuals to form their own militias
c. guarantee individual citizens the right to use weapons for hunting and recreational activities
d. stand as a bulwark against the return of British rule
e. reduce the potential for domestic insurrection

a. counter the potentially troublesome power of standing armies

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People often change their behavior when they know they are being observed in a scientific study, a phenomenon called

a. mundane realism. b. experimental realism. c. the Hawthorne effect. d. external validation.

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