Jana is engaged to Matt. She suspects Matt is very flirtatious. To reduce her uncertainty about her fiancé and to see if he is the “right one” for her, she types up an anonymous letter. In the letter, she asks Matt to meet at a certain place and time. She signs it, “your secret admirer.” Jana believes that her uncertainty will be reduced by seeing if Matt tells her about the letter and/or if he shows up at the fictitious meeting. Jana’s uncertainty reduction strategy is best categorized as a ______.

A. third-party test
B. public presentation test
C. indirect suggestion test
D. triangle test


D. triangle test

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

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Watergate and Vietnam:

a. changed the way the press and public looked at government and politicians b. reinvigorated investigative reporting c. propelled journalists to fame and fortune d. made the press an almost co-equal branch of government e.all of these choices

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Habits of youth stick with a generation as it gets older

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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When Eleanor Roosevelt said, "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent," she was acknowledging the power of __________ to affect your emotional response to what people say and do.

A. gunny-sacking B. self-talk C. rapport D. I language

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