Language is limited to spoken and written forms.

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


False

Language includes nonverbal, non-written forms such as sign languages. Language is essentially a system for communication that employs arbitrarily chosen symbolic elements. For instance, the word "dog" represents (in English) dogs, but it may have just as well represented something else (for instance, cats), and some other signs might have been used to represents dogs (such as "cat" or a gesture with your hands).

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Robert K. Fullinwider believes that conscription is acceptable

a. for whatever purposes society chooses. b. never. c. only in cases of the most extreme national emergency, when the very existence of the nation is under severe threat. d. for purposes of national defense, but not for purposes of social experiment or social improvement. e. whenever a majority of citizens of the country vote in favor of it.

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What was the religious nature of Japan prior to the arrival of Buddhism?

What will be an ideal response?

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What kind of reasoning is found in the just cause principle?

A) Utilitarianism B) Natural law C) Relativism D) Categorical imperative

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Identify the person who said each of the following."The failure to see the different reality of women's lives and to hear the differences in their voice stems in part from the assumption that there is a single mode of social experience and development." Which of the following theorists is most likely to have made this statement?

A. Carol Gilligan B. Lawrence Kohlberg C. Ruth Benedict D. Sigmund Freud

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