Abdul wants to communicate that his grandmother’s death deeply affected him. “A beloved grandmother’s death is a huge event. It would leave emotional scars on anyone,” he says. Identify the skill(s) in which Abdul needs improvement and describe how he could rephrase his statements to engage in true self-disclosure.
What will be an ideal response?
Abdul should improve in owning his emotions and experiences through using I-statements. He could rephrase his statement as, “I loved my grandmother very deeply. I still feel emotional scars from her death.”
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. the belief that particular or unique rules and guidelines apply to each individual relationship b. where interactants try to treat others as equally as possible, regardless of status or intimacy level of the partners c. the practice of initiating interaction with persons of similar backgrounds d. the practice of initiating interaction with persons of diverse backgrounds
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a. task, procedural, and interpersonal. b. upper, middle, and lower management. c. neither a nor b
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A. expectancy violation theory B. interactional synchrony C. perception checking D. emotional contagion theory