Discuss the difference between social and personal relationships.

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Social relationships are those we maintain with people who perform similar tasks and social functions but can be easily interchanged with each other without destroying the relationship (restaurant servers, garbage collectors, bus drivers). Personal relationships are those we maintain with people who are specific and irreplaceable in the relationship (family, best friends, romantic partners).

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How does our information processing rate affect our ability to listen?

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

6. The magazine The New Yorker has been declining rapidly in recent years because the publisher refuses to put the publication online or deliver it in a digital format. 7. Harper's and The Atlantic Monthly were known for printing very short articles with lots of photos about gadgets, beer, and cars. 8. The Crisis, founded by W. E. B. Du Bois, is a politically conservative magazine designed to support the concerns of Fortune 500 companies. 9. Margaret Bourke-White became famous as a photographer for Harper’s magazine. 10. When Henry Luce created Time magazine, he wanted it to be as “balanced, fair, and objective” as possible.

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After watching a documentary in class, the professor asked Andrew to share his thoughts with the class. Andrew immediately began to speak about what he had learned using the __________.

A. extemporaneous method B. manuscript method C. impromptu method D. memorized method

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The statement, "Nonverbal communication is nonlinguistic" means that _____

a. nonverbal messages flow from one situation to the next, unlike verbal messages b. nonverbal messages vary widely across cultural groups c. nonverbal messages may be interpreted in a variety of ways d. nonverbal messages do not conform to the patterns of a language

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