The continual onslaught of data we encounter everyday is called information

a. overload.
b. attenuation.
c. collection.
d. overstretch.


A

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A. It offers little relevant information for general election voters. B. It persuades people to like the winning candidate. C. It crowds more substantive stories out of the small news hole reserved for politics. D. A and C only

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__________ refers to the social categories you identify with as well as the categories that others identify with you

a. Prototyping b. Stereotyping c. Identity d. Self-fulfilling prophecy

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Consider the following argument

Evidence A. John does not recycle. B. John drops trash around the park. C. John refuses to participate in community cleanup projects. Claim John does not respect the environment. This is an example of which of the common patterns of reasoning? A. argument by causation B. argument by sign C. argument by negation D. argument by authority E. argument by figurative analogy

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Patients seen as lower class tend to get more optimistic diagnoses and prognoses than do those of the upper class.

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

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