Lisa just received some bad news about the health of her mother. Her best friend tried to comfort her, but Lisa doesn’t want to talk. The two of them just sit together. According to the Dual Process Model of Supportive Communication, Lisa responded to the ______.

A. quality of the message
B. environmental cues
C. close distance
D. invisible support phenomenon


D. invisible support phenomenon

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Jessica really likes working for her boss Juanita. "She acts very informally and lets me call her by her first name," she told her mother. "In fact, the first day I met Juanita, I did not even know she was the manager because she dresses just like the rest of us!" Jessica and her boss both probably come from cultural groups which value ________.

A. low power distance B. high power distance C. individualist orientation D. collectivist orientation

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Briefly describe a conflict you have experienced in the last couple of weeks. Visually represent that conflict using the overlapping TRIP goals. In addition to your own goals, visually represent what you believe the goals of your conflict partner(s) may have been.

What will be an ideal response?

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All of the following are true regarding individualist cultures and identity EXCEPT

a. all selves share an underlying consciousness and identity comes from group membership and interaction. b. people are encouraged to express their personal identity via decorations, dress, and hairstyles. c. "being true to oneself" is first and foremost. d. people continually search for a sense of personal identity. e. people insist on others' recognition of their different interests, styles, and preferences

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Which of the following statements about Type I and Type II error is incorrect?

a) Type I error is the rejection of a null hypothesis that should be accepted b) The probability of making a Type I error is equal to the established level of significance c) Type II error is controlled by the design of the research d) Theresearcher can control Type II error

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