Suzen knows Landry from work. Landry keeps to himself and always has the newest gadget, which he tells Suzen about. Suzen will often get the gadget herself, and she is the one who convinces the majority of the people in the organization to also make the purchase. Landry is a(n) ______.
A. innovator
B. early adopter
C. early majority
D. laggard
A. innovator
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a. Digital recording technology b. Government regulations c. Changing consumer tastes d. The salary demands of popular artists
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a. words mean a lot in and of themselves. b. understanding occurs as a result of users agreeing on the same meanings for words. c. words typically can be interpreted in only one way. d. meanings rest more in words than in the people who use them. e. All of these choices are correct are true about semantic rules.
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a) the group's task is highly structured. b) there are poor leader-member relationships. c) you have a great deal of reward, coercive, and legitimate power. d) you have no power. e) you have a moderate degree of power and task structure.
When reasoning from specific instances in a persuasive speech, you need to make sure that your sample of specific instances is representative of other instances of that type.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)