The bona fide group perspective states that groups have stable, but permeable boundaries. What four factors cause this permeability?

What will be an ideal response?


1. Group members have multiple group memberships (1).
2. Group members represent other groups (1).
3. Group membership often fluctuates (1).
4. Group identity formation refers to the varying levels of commitment and belonging members feel to different groups they belong to (1) (up to 4 points total).

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a. push-pull theory. b. melting pot. c. migrant network. d. social capital.

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A message being sent through the media must be ______ before it can be transmitted.

A. encoded B. decoded C. channeled D. reprocessed

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When we state values exist in a hierarchy, we mean that they exist independent of

each other. Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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If a speech teacher asked her class to "judge or discuss" the speeches given in class, what would the teacher want from the class?

a. "criticism" or constructive feedback of the speakers b. recitation of the speech topics that day c. a "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" from each student d. rhetorical strategy tips for future speakers

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