After Jennifer's Group in Her Communication Class Had Met Twice

question 11

Multiple Choice

After Jennifer's group in her communication class had met twice, they finally began to get serious about selecting a topic for their project. Several of the group members wanted to do a project concerning the parking situation on campus, because they thought it would be easy to understand. Tyler, a member of student government, wanted to do a project on the use of student fees, because he had worked on that already and had a lot of information. Each person in the group had a favorite topic, and no one wanted to consider the other topics. Most of the discussion revolved around trying to persuade the others to choose a given topic. Which phase is this group experiencing?

• A) Orientation
• B) Conflict
• C) Emergence
• D) Reinforcement

Understand the concept of globalization and its impact on cultures and economies worldwide.

Gain insight into various theoretical frameworks used to analyze globalization such as modernization theory, dependency theory, and conflict theory.

Identify the effects of cultural homogenization and heterogenization due to globalization.

Recognize the role and influence of global justice movements and their opposition to aspects of globalization.

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