Nicole was planning a speech advocating the position that all students be required to take two years of a foreign language prior to graduation. She was fairly certain that most of the people in her class were against her position

She felt that the strongest argument she had for this audience was the value of this skill when seeking employment. She decided to present that argument as her first main point. What principle is Nicole using?
a. Recency
b. Complexity
c. Primacy
d. Specificity


c

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According to the text, why was there such a proliferation of Vietnam movies in the 1970s in the United States?

A. The U.S. government subsidized production of Vietnam movies. B. It was American society’s ideological attempt to overcome the Vietnam syndrome. C. The Vietnamese government pressured the U.S. film industry to produce more Vietnam movies. D. The United Nations recommended Vietnam movies to reconcile the conflict.

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The process of setting the maximum gain output to a preset level is called:

a. compression b. expansion c. metering d. normalization

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When Jose hears his friend tell him that they “made some good dough” at the race track the other day, he utilizes _____ to interpret that his friend means money

a. hearing b. understanding c. evaluating d. responding

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Conflict management styles incorporating the legitimate needs of all parties are preferable to those that produce winners and losers.

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

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