Mike knows that he can be very

argumentative. Because he knows this about himself, he has learned to precede his feedback with messages such as "What I am about to say is not intended to be verbally aggressive, but I would like to challenge your ideas." Mike's preceding message is an example of a
.
A. devil's advocate
B. feed-forward message
C. context
D. challenge-forward message


Answer: B

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