Tyrone's Communication Professor Gives Tyrone's Class an Assignment to Present

question 38

Multiple Choice

Tyrone's communication professor gives Tyrone's class an assignment to present a persuasive speech that attempts to convince the class to start or stop doing something, knowing it contradicts what they have always been taught. One of Tyrone's classmates tries to convince his classmates to stop using toothpaste (and start using baking soda instead) . Another tries to convince her classmates to try eating grasshoppers (because she maintains insects are the protein of the future) . This assignment intentionally collides with Tyrone's class members' _______.

• A) egocentrism
• B) ethnocentrism
• C) patriotism
• D) phobias

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