The rhetoric of confrontation and verbal threats in Arabic ______.
A. follows actual violence
B. is a form of verbal aggression that diffuses actual violence
C. is only directed at non-Arabs
D. precedes actual violence
B. is a form of verbal aggression that diffuses actual violence
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a. invented the kinetoscope. b. opened the first nickelodeon. c. directed the first narrative film. d. first photographed motion.
Dr. Higgins has a Japanese foreign exchange student in his class. He understands that,
typically, foreign students have difficulty writing papers in English. Consequently, he intends to be more lenient when evaluating this student's grammar. Which of the following strategies is Dr. Higgins most likely employing: social decentering, empathy, or predictive adaptation? Justify your answer. What will be an ideal response?
"At the end of my speech, the audience will prefer drinking water to drinking soda" is an example of a speech that targets a(n) _____
a. value b. belief c. attitude d. behavior
If an African American changes the topic of conversation during an interaction with a European American in order to keep the interaction flowing smoothly, which communication improvement strategy is he or she using?
a. asserting one's point of view b. language management c. avoidance d. other-orientation