Sara always says "please" and "thank you" in front of her grandmother, but not always when she is with her friends. This represents Sara's sensitivity to
A) speech registers.
B) phonology.
C) illocutionary intent.
D) categorical speech perception.
A
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a. He is excited. b. He has communication apprehension. c. He is excited and has communication apprehension. d. It depends on his interpretation.
Most family therapists who work with couples concentrate on __________
a) exploring the marital partners' childhoods to understand the source of the current conflicts. b) desensitization techniques to help the marital partners become more tolerant of each other. c) changing the behavior of the person in the marriage who is the source of the couple's problems. d) improving the couple's patterns of communication so they can find better ways of solving their problems.
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a) procedural b) distributive c) interpersonal d) interactional
People's attitudes toward religion is a(n) ______ predictor of whether they will go to worship next weekend
A. strong B. average C. poor D. inconsistent