Wandering thoughts can be caused by the connection between rate of speech and the ability to process information, which can directly impact listening comprehension. An effective way to overcome this obstacle is to mentally summarize what the speaker is saying as your mind processes the information.

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Listening in religion and spirituality includes intrapersonal listening when engaged
in meditation and prayer. Interpersonal listening occurs in such instances as listening to
sermons or music and studying sacred and holy texts.

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When studying and comparing different cultures, one of the main things that stands out about U.S. culture is our relative lack of traditional norms and obligations. Most Americans are free to decide what to do with their own lives--rather than having life paths laid out for them by class, gender, and familial roles--and they have few formal obligations toward family members. Discuss how these cultural characteristics manifest in the cultural dimensions of uncertainty avoidance, power distance, and individualism/collectivism.

What will be an ideal response?

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There are two views of media literacy. Art Silverblatt provides one which is audience and culture centered

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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When Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” was published in The New Yorker back in 1948, ______.

A. it was received largely with indifference B. the story generated the largest number of letters to the editor in the history of the magazine C. it didn’t become popular until a major motion picture was based on it D. the author went on to win the Nobel Prize for literature

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Explain how the circumplex model of family interaction can be used to describe the dynamics

of functional and dysfunctional families. What will be an ideal response?

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