People think that doing certain things may cause one's good or bad luck. So they avoid doing things that may cause them bad luck. Some people believe that when we have hiccups someone is thinking of us. This is not true at all. When people hear that going somewhere is unlucky, so they avoid that place. This is how superstitions affect man day to day activeties.
Tree crickets, because temperature affects their rate of activity.
Because every religion is just superstition.
This comes from a medieval superstition that explained the effects of alcohol as demonic/spirit activity.
Superstition can make us feel comfortable in our activity. For example, in the exam, when you wear your lucky shirt or take your lucky sign with you, you can feel comfortable in your exam; you aren't nervous and can do your best.
=== === Tree crickets are called the poor man's thermometer because temperature directly affects their rate of activity. Count the number of chirps a cricket makes
shiver
is the Stimulus
temperature
Yes
Using pesticides
It depends. The dependent variable affects the result
it depends what the superstition is, superstition itself is a feeling, something of the mind.