Name two strategies gay and lesbian youth may use to conceal their sexual orientation from family and friends. Explain why they employ these strategies.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers vary but may include inhibiting behaviors and interests associated with homosexuality, limiting exposure to the opposite sex, avoiding exposure to information about homosexuality, assuming antigay positions, establishing heterosexual relationships, and avoiding homoerotic feelings through substance abuse. Explanations should include indications of stigma, safety, violence.
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A) Decreased significantly B) Decreased slightly C) Stayed about the same D) Increased
Which thinker was not a "functionalist"?
a. Auguste Comte b. Herbert Spencer c. Émile Durkheim d. Max Weber
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The southern Irish were the first non-Protestant immigrants to enter the United States in the early 1800s. 2. Catholic schools were important to the maintenance of ethnic identity among Catholic immigrants from Europe. 3. Worker unions provided southern Italian immigrants with upward mobility. 4. The Immigration Act of 1924 created an open-door policy for eastern and southern European immigrants. 5. Sephardic Jews came to America to avoid massacre in Spain and Portugal.
Professors and researchers of communication studies, Lynn Turner and Richard West summarize the general concepts of communication into four headings. Which of them focuses on the dynamic and ever-changing nature of communication?
A) Communication is a Transaction B) Communication is a Process C) Communication Involves Co-Construction of Meanings D) Communication Involves Symbols