It Is Quite Common for Mainstream Culture to Modify Symbols

question 67

Multiple Choice

It is quite common for mainstream culture to modify symbols identified with "cutting edge" subcultures and present these to a larger audience. Such cultural products undergo a process of ________, by which their original meanings are transformed by outsiders.

• A) innovation
• B) transformation
• C) diffusion
• D) cooptation

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Definitions:

Interest Rate

The fraction of a loan that is charged to the borrower in the form of interest, typically described as an annual percentage of the loan's remaining principle.

Asset

An item of value owned by a person or corporation, expected to provide future benefits or returns.

Geometric Series

A sequence of numbers where each term after the first is found by multiplying the previous one by a fixed, non-zero number called the common ratio.

Infinite

Without limit or end; extending beyond measure or comprehension.