Alex defines Christmas as a fun holiday that includes presents and a long vacation. Lisadefines Christmas as spiritual holiday that includes meaningful church services
Alex and Lisa have differing definitions that are influenced by their personal history. Which type of definitions are they using?
A. connotative
B. denotative
C. cultural
D. rhetorical
A
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Nonverbal communication provides messages about another person's message by offering important clues about how to interpret the verbal portion of that message. These messages about messages are known as
a. repetitious messages. b. metamessages. c. co-messages. d. regulating messages. e. masking messages.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The World Wide Web was developed almost entirely as a for-profit venture. 2. The purpose of hypertext is to let people move electronically from one document to another without necessarily knowing which computers the documents are located on. 3. The authoritative LexisNexis news database now contains entries from a number of blogs. 4. A blog is a collection of links and commentary in hypertext that can be created and posted on the Internet. 5. Bloggers have been successful in fact-checking news stories from Big Media outlets.
Which symptom of groupthink is expressed when a group member says, "Of course, we're right. We have a perfect safety record, have done this many times, and nothing's gone wrong"?
a) Morality b) Stereotyping outsiders c) Mindguarding d) Illusion of unanimity e) Illusions of invulnerability
The three necessary steps of listening are attending,
responding, and remembering. Indicate whether the statement is true or false