It Is Not Possible to Obtain Measures of Linguistic Distance

question 45

True/False

It is not possible to obtain measures of linguistic distance for every country and every person.

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Definitions:

Latané And Darley

Social psychologists known for their research on the bystander effect, demonstrating that the presence of others affects an individual's likelihood to help.

Foot-In-The-Door

A persuasion technique where the persuader requests a small initial favor in hopes of making the person more likely to agree to a larger favor later.

Stereotype

A set of characteristics that people believe is shared by all members of a particular social category; a concept held about a person or group of people that is based on superficial, irrelevant characteristics.

Attitudes

A settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or something, typically reflected in a person's behavior.