Before launching into her presentation to the board of directors, Sandra circulates through the room
making small talk about the weather, the results of last night's ball game, etc. Sandra is engaging in
A) phatic communication.
B) metamessaging.
C) feedback.
D) back-channeling.
A
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Define ethnocentrism and discuss its causes and effects.
What will be an ideal response?
In contrast to the spill-over effect, the socialization effect suggests that children ______.
A. model their parents’ conflict behavior B. are most likely to have an aggressive conflict style when their parents use dysfunctional parenting styles with them and aggressive conflict styles with each other C. of aggressive parents become so preoccupied with family problems that they find it difficult to make new friends D. are likely to develop aggressive conflict styles when their parents communicate differently with each other than with them, leading to role confusion
Which site was the pioneer online auction site?
A) Diecast B) Yahoo C) eBay D) uBid
Which type of proposition would assert that a new course of
action must be implemented in response to a specific need? a. policy b. value c. action d. fact