Which of the Following Is the Best Example of the "Salmon

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the best example of the "salmon bias"?

• A) An immigrant grandmother has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and decides to head back to her home country to live out her last days.
• B) A child of immigrant parents desires to congregate close to his heritage culture due to familiarity and a need for social connection.
• C) A long-term immigrant repeatedly chooses to use her vacation time to visit the country of her birth even though she could travel anywhere she likes.
• D) Just as indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest prefer to eat Pacific salmon, so too other people prefer to eat familiar foods from their heritage culture.
• E) An immigrant mother in the late stages of pregnancy decides to return to her home country to have her child.

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