At a regular study group meeting, one member asks that everyone to "summarize the most important information in each chapter."
At the next meeting, a group member distributes a printed outline of the text's important concepts but wonders why no one else in the group has made the same effort. This misunderstanding is an example of
a) failure to follow the rules of language.
b) denotation.
c) failure to interpret nonverbal behavior.
d) bypassing.
e) concrete words.
ANS: d
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