A ____________ is a group of people who share understandings of communication goals, strategies for enacting those goals, and ways of interpreting communication.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
speech community
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Summarize the findings concerning age-related changes in divided attention.
What will be an ideal response?
An important consideration leading many parents to limit the number of children they have is ________
a. the fear of an "empty nest" later on. b. the high cost of raising children. c. the approval of extended family members. d. All of these responses are correct.
In most of the poor nations of the world today, what is the average number of children born to a woman?
a. Twelve b. Ten c. Seven d. Three
Which of these describes what Georg Simmel termed the tragedy of culture?
A. Individual culture grows, but objective culture declines. B. Individual culture is increasingly unequal due to capitalism. C. Objective culture is no longer understood because we cannot keep up with the pace of it. D. People quit participating in individual culture and participate only in objective culture.