Billy walks in on his girlfriend Sara crying. Billy asks Sara what is wrong to which she responds, "Nothing!" This is an example of which of the functions of nonverbal messages?

a. complementing
b. rearranging
c. substituting
d. contradicting
e. repeating


d

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a. direct mailing lists b. content creation c. games programming d. network marketing sales

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What part of the perception process involves attending to just a narrow range of the full array of sensory information available and ignoring the remainder?

a. selection b. organization c. interpretation d. reflection

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Which of the following statements illustrates a task function statement?

A. "It doesn't help to call each other names. Let's stick to the issues." B. "I think Tara's point is well made." C. "Let's make a list of what we still need to do." D. "Do whatever you want, I don't care."

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