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• ☐ ☐ ☐ tribal [adj] - showing loyalty to people that are part of your own group
• ☐ ☐ ☐ fundamentally [adv] - at the most basic or essential level
• ☐ ☐ ☐ exclude [v] - prevent access
• ☐ ☐ ☐ rooted [adj] - based on
• ☐ ☐ ☐ instincts [n] - a natural or intuitive way of acting or thinking
• ☐ ☐ ☐ astonishing [adj] - surprising
• ☐ ☐ ☐ computer docks [n] - computer stations
• ☐ ☐ ☐ moral [adj] - good or ethical
• ☐ ☐ ☐ systematically [adv] - done or acting in a fixed plan or system
• ☐ ☐ ☐ hard-wired [adj] - genetically determined or compelled
• ☐ ☐ ☐ sort ourselves [exp] - divide ourselves into teams
• ☐ ☐ ☐ flimsy [adj] - unimportant or weak
• ☐ ☐ ☐ intensify [v] - make stronger

[n] - noun,  [v] - verb, [phv] - phrasal verb,  [adj] - adjective,  [exp] - expression

1. What two fundamental instincts does the man say that people have?
   People want to avoid groups.
   People want to belong to a group.
   People want to exclude people from their group.
   People want to attack other groups.
   
   
2. How old were the children in the study?
   Under the age of 8
   From about 5 to 10
   10 years old
   
   
3. How many groups did they divide the group into?
   Two
   Five
   Ten
   
   
4. How did they show pictures to the children?
   On computers
   In magazines
   Face to face
   
   
5. How were the children assigned their shirt color?
   Randomly
   The older children wore the blue shirts.
   The boys wore blue shirts; the girls wore red shirts.
   
   
6. What was the relationship between the children in the study and people in the pictures?
   They were from the same cities.
   They had similar interests.
   There was no connection.
   
   
7. How did the children wearing red shirts judge people in the pictures wearing blue shirts?
   Randomly
   Positively
   Negatively
   
   
8. How did the children wearing red shirts judge people in the pictures wearing red shirts?
   Randomly
   Positively
   Negatively
   
   
9. How does the woman describe this example of tribalism?
   Astonishing
   Dangerous
   Flimsy
   Light-hearted
   
   

1. What is the discussion mainly about?
   (A) A study demonstrating the power of tribalism
   (B) A study showing why children like and dislike certain people
   (C) A study on the effects of color
   (D) A study about how children choose their friends
   
   
2. Why does the man want the woman to talk about the study?
   (A) Because the study is very recent.
   (B) Because the woman wrote about it in her book.
   (C) Because it is light-hearted example that is easy to understand.
   (D) Because it demonstrates how powerful tribalism is in people.
   
   
3. Why were the children given different colored shirts?
   (A) To create tribal groups
   (B) To help the scientists differentiate between the children
   (C) To indicate the ages of the children
   (D) To keep the children focused and entertained
   
   
4. How did children rate people wearing the same colored shirts as themselves.
   (A) Positively
   (B) Negatively
   (C) Neutrally
   (D) Sometimes positively, sometimes negatively
   
   
5. What does the woman mean when she says this?
   
   (A) People often use computers to put themselves into tribal groups.
   (B) People naturally want to put themselves into tribal groups.
   (C) People have to be taught to put themselves into tribal groups.
   (D) People often reject tribal groups if the connection is not strong.
   
   
6. What will the next part of this discussion probably be about?
   (A) Some of the positive effects of tribalism
   (B) How to stop children from becoming so tribal.
   (C) A more serious example of tribal behavior
   (D) How to overcome tribal behavior