Are video games addictive?

What will be an ideal response?


ANS: Addiction is not the proper term to use, but there are many documented cases of pathological involvement with video games that qualify as a mental disease. Many others withdraw from real-world activities due to their involvement in games. However, most players can learn to control their online habits and only extreme cases in which there are dire life consequences – such as flunking out of college—should be considered truly pathological.

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One of the following is not a form of cultural identity:

a. civilization. b. nation-state. c. race. d. ethnicity.

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In what part of a speech are you likely to first hear the thesis?

A) Transition B) Conclusion C) Introduction D) Body

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According to your textbook, when quoting an Internet document during a speech, a speaker should usually identify the

A. author or sponsoring organization responsible for the document. B. search engine used to find the document. C. full address of the Web site for the document. D. All of these answers are correct. E. Both full address of the Web site for the document and search engine used to find the document.

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Research demonstrates that 98% of the meaning of messages comes from nonverbal communication

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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