Brianna interrupts the instructor frequently with irrelevant questions and lengthy comments. Her interruptions are preventing the instructor from progressing through the course material. Brianna's behavior is an example of
A) decoding.
B) interference.
C) feedforward.
D) nonverbal encoding.
E) an unusual channel.
B
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