The best way to convey complex ideas is to use complex language.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


False

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In the years following Gutenberg's invention of movable metal type, society was transformed in all of the following ways EXCEPT

A) the oral tradition of story-telling was displaced by people reading stories for themselves. B) national languages emerged and gradually replaced local dialects. C) books and literacy became subject to tighter control and scrutiny by church authorities. D) authors who were previously ignored began to be recognized and paid for their work.

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Whereas a symbol is an arbitrary collection of sounds, a sign

a. often has a visual relationship to the thing it represents. b. is an arbitrary collection of letters. c. requires you to apply your experience and feelings to decide what it means. d. can express superordinate, basic, and subordinate terms. e. relies much more on connotation than denotation.

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The ____________, signed into law in 1998, limits the actions of sites aimed at kids under 13

a. Communications Decency Act b. Telecommunications Act c. Electronic Communications Privacy Act d. Children's Privacy Protection Act

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Isabella is new to her high school. She meets a group of girls who call themselves the Girlie Crew. They always dress in purple or pink and refer to one another as "princess" or "diva." After a few weeks, Isabella tends to speak about her school experiences to her parents not in terms of "I" but in terms of "we," and she always dresses in the group's colors. Isabella is most likely in what phase of socialization?

A. anticipatory B. encounter C. assimilation D. antecedent

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