Steve and Joe Are Debating About the Best Places to Live

question 38

Multiple Choice

Steve and Joe are debating about the best places to live after college. Steve states that the Southwest offers a healthier lifestyle than the Northwest and insists that he is basing his conclusion on facts, without any influence of personal emotion or bias. In other words, Steve believes that he is showing

• A) subjectivity.
• B) neutrality.
• C) objectivity.
• D) perspective.

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Definitions:

Co-optation

A strategy by which a group incorporates individuals from another, often oppositional group, to reduce threats or to gain their perspectives, sometimes diluting the original group's goals.

Coercion

The practice of forcing another party to act in an involuntary manner by use of threats, intimidation, or some other form of pressure or force.

Negotiation

The process by which parties with differing interests and objectives discuss an issue in an attempt to reach a mutually acceptable agreement.

Labor Unions

Organizations that represent the collective interests of workers in negotiations with employers over wages, benefits, and working conditions.