Which of the following is an example of effective communication?
a. Offering false reassurances.
b. Interrupting.
c. Changing the subject inappropriately.
d. Clarification.
d
Clarification is used in situations in which there is a lack
of sense about what the individual means, to the degree that
it makes paraphrasing impossible.
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