Groups should avoid discussing hidden agendas openly to avoid member embarrassment and the potential for interpersonal conflict

True

False


ANS: False

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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In a study of the impact of public service announcements (Spa’s) on attitudes toward smoking, researchers gave participants a pre-test which measured their attitudes toward smoking in public spaces. Participants were then exposed to 3 Spa’s regarding second hand smoke interspersed in a half-hour television program. Following that program participants were asked to complete a post-test that

measured their attitudes toward smoking in public spaces. Given the short time between completing the identical instrument on attitudes toward smoking in public spaces, what is the most likely threat to the internal validity of this experiment? a. Observer Bias b. Experimenter Bias c. Testing effect d. Maturation

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If a researcher finds a correlation of -.80 between communication competence and loneliness, what would the coefficient of determination tell us?

a. 64% of the variation in loneliness can be predicted by the level of communication competence. b. 80% of the variation in loneliness can be predicted by the level of communication competence. c. 16% of the variation in loneliness can be predicted by the level of communication competence d. no variation can be accounted for because it is negative.

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According to your textbook, saying "pas-ghetti" instead of "spaghetti" is an error in

A. intonation. B. inflection. C. description. D. articulation. E. pronunciation.

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