A college chess club has nicknamed themselves “the players” because they play chess so well, but also because they like the idea of suggestive double entendre. They have built lots of suggestive innuendo in their interactions, saying things like “I guarantee I can mate you” or “what's your favorite position,” which have meanings both for chess and for sex. According to symbolic convergence theory, when club members come up with a new way of continuing this idea, they are using ______.

A. a rhetorical vision
B. dramatizing
C. fantasy chaining
D. symbolic convergence


C. fantasy chaining

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

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Many times the information sought in an interview is closely related to the respondent's inner conflicts and tensions. Which element of conversation will he helpful in releasing this?

a. Expression b. Deduction c. Rituals d. Therapy

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Why has Sunseeker survived so long and grown so consistently?

What will be an ideal response?

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The degree to which an agent disclosed the agency relationship affects:

A) The principal's liability on a contract that the agent negotiates. B) The agent's liability for a tort committed by the agent. C) The principal's liability for a tort committed by the agent. D) The agent's liability on a contract that the agent negotiates. E) All of the above.

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