Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. It is natural for the party who didn’t call for mediation to feel suspicious and
mistakenly think that the mediator works for the other party.
2. Intake coordinators are the salespeople of mediation.
3. When asked a direct question about mediation, such as, “Do you know what
mediation is?” most clients would volunteer that they did not know.
4. In intake coordination, it is important that the disputants receive exactly the same
information, including the same amount of description about the mediation process.
5. The intake coordinator should correct disputants immediately if they make the
assumption that the mediator is biased toward one party or the other.


1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE

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