Mark doesn’t want to rock the boat, so he focuses primarily on Jason’s feelings with little regard for his own. Which conflict style is Mark exhibiting?

a. competing
b. avoiding
c. compromising
d. accommodating


d. accommodating

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a. ethics b. identification c. ethos d. pathos e. logos

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Dr. Smith finds that one of his colleagues, Dr. Tompkins, is difficult to deal with professionally. However, once you get Dr. Tompkins away from the office, he can be one of the nicest and most caring people you would want to know. Dr. Smith decides that while Dr. Tompkins can be difficult to work with, he is still an admirable man. Which process of perceptual organization and interpretation (impression formation, implicit personality theory, attribution theory, or use of personal constructs) did Dr. Smith most likely employ in arriving at this conclusion? Justify your response.

What will be an ideal response?

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Describe politeness theory and provide three examples of how you might express it through your own interpersonal communication.

What will be an ideal response?

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The daily time and cost demands of U.S. journalism result in newspapers and broadcasts composed of a large number of brief, capsulated stories with little room for perspective and context, resulting in ________ news.

A. personalized B. fragmented C. normalized D. dramatized

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