You are interested in studying friendship between older adults in retirement settings. You are interested in independent older adults, so you select a local retirement community as the site for locating participants because it is advertised as an independent living community with an active social program and many public spaces. What kind of sampling are you using?
a. convenience sampling
b. purposive sampling
c. snowball sampling
d. systematic sampling
Answer b
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Which statement below is true?
a. Extensive research indicates that social media rapidly accelerates the acculturation process. b. Online international communication can facilitate language acquisition and intercultural competence. c. Research on virtual gaming worlds indicates that they hinder the acculturation process for members in those communities. d. A, B, and C are true.
Inductive reasoning is most useful when trying to support a specific claim, to support a larger argument
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Tom, who is North American, holds his hand up, palm out, to indicate he wants Theo to stop talking for a moment. To Tom's complete shock, Theo, who is Greek, is angry. Which of the following is true of this incident?
A. Tom's using a nonverbal "emblem." B. Theo misunderstands the emblem because it means something different in his culture. C. Nonverbal communication is difficult to interpret. D. All of the above. E. None of the above.
Discuss the concept of "ritual" as it relates to communication generally, and special occasion speeches specifically.
What will be an ideal response?