Identify and describe two strategies to help you respond empathically.

What will be an ideal response?


First, you should understand your partner's feelings. To do this, imagine how you would feel under the same circumstances. Attempt to decenter by projecting how you might feel and then asking appropriate questions and offering paraphrases to confirm the accuracy of your assumptions. Second, you can paraphrase emotions. You can use lead-in phrases such as "So you feel . . ." and "So now you feel. . . ."

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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A. Audit Bureau of Circulations B. Association of National Advertisers C. American Association of Advertising Agencies D. Advertising Federation of America

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