Identify the Purpose of Doing the Following Things as a Journalist

question 1

Multiple Choice

Identify the purpose of doing the following things as a journalist: Create new categories to define a source or situation; focus on process, not outcome; avoid single-topic coverage; and approach sources as individuals, not as part of a monolithic group.

• A) to differentiate outgroups from ingroups
• B) to understand how stereotypes affect our reporting
• C) to determine if a culture is assimilating or acculturating
• D) to promote accuracy and context when reporting about and across cultures
• E) none of the above

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Definitions:

Psychosexual Stages

In Freudian psychology, sequential phases of psychological development through which a child's libido focuses on distinct erogenous zones from birth through maturity.

Society's First Effort

Typically refers to the initial actions or policies a society undertakes to address a new challenge or problem.

Child Impulses

Natural, spontaneous urges to act that are seen in children, often driven by immediate wants or desires.

Psychosexual Development

Freud's theory describing how personality develops during childhood through a series of stages centered on erogenous zones.