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Question 1

Prejudice serves all of the following functions except:
 
  A) value-expressive
  B) ego-defensive
  C) knowledge
  D) ethnic centering
  E) utilitarian

Question 2

After an unsuccessful surgery, Dr. Jessica informs her patient's son that his mother has passed away instead of telling him directly that his mother was dead. She used the term passed away instead of dead as it is milder and less negative. This term is an example of a(n) _____.
 
  A) euphemism
  B) reiteration
  C) idiom
  D) catchphrase
  E) connotation



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Charlie

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Reply 2 on: Sep 11, 2019
Wow, this really help


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

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