“You know who I ran into the other day? Michael from Mrs. Davidson’s class. He’s running his own small business now,” says Linnea. “He’ll always be ‘the kid who eats glue’ to me,” answers Isabelle. Identify and explain the destructive process of verbal symbol use that Isabelle is using.

What will be an ideal response?


Isabelle is engaging in static evaluation. She is speaking of someone she knew as though nothing has changed. This reduces Michael, a small business owner, to his childhood self.

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A) Conflict often leads to increased negative regard for the opponent. B) Conflict can result in us hiding our true selves from the other person. C) Conflict can force you to examine a problem and work toward a potential solution. D) Conflict can breed further conflict, mutual hurt, and resentment.

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Which of the following is the best example of parallelism?

A) "Health insurance, like automobile insurance, must be carried by every citizen." B) "Meth harms users. Meth harms society. Meth harms the environment." C) "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." D) "Without a doubt, this disastrous drought will devastate the region."

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Which of the following terms best describes a person's visible physiological attributes?

A) race B) genotype C) phenotype D) sociobiology

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Interlanguage is defined as:

A. a commonly shared language that is used as a medium of communication between people of different languages. B. a kind of communication that emerges when speakers of one language are speaking in another language. C. the laws or customs that determine when and where which language will be spoken. D. the process of producing a written text that refers to something said or written in another language.

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