Effective and appropriate empathic assertion

a. is easy because it takes more energy to respond in an aggressive or defensive
manner.
b. is our first response when our "rational" or "thinking brain" takes over.
c. takes practice as our immediate responses typically come from the "emotional
brain."
d. takes less effort as our amygdala shunts blood into our "rational brain."
e. None of the above


c

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