You are presently taking part in a study group. Immediately before the group meets, you get into a terrible argument with your mother about holiday plans

The argument distracts you from the study group and you become fearful of misunderstanding information. Which of the following problems are you suffering from?
A. message complexity
B. message overload
C. receiver apprehension
D. selective listening


C

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A) regulating B) substituting C) repeating D) emphasizing

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Print helped foster the Industrial Revolution

A. because people who read books began to demand change. B. through its creation of leisure and entertainment. C. because it helped build and disseminate bodies of knowledge that led to scientific and technological development and the refinement of new machines. D. because it created jobs.

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Ricardo and Donna have been divorced for three years and have since remarried.  They currently share custody of their two children, ages 7 and 9.  The children spend one week living with Ricardo and his wife and the next week living with Donna and her husband. What family type best describes Ricardo and Donna's family?

A. binuclear family B. blended family C. two single-parent families D. extended family

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