All of the follow statements are true EXCEPT:

A) Grief-stricken spouses are more likely than others to die prematurely.
B) Being childless will likely lengthen one's life.
C) Terminally ill patients with a limited number of friends or no social support die sooner than
those with stronger ties.
D) One study found that middle-aged, childless wives were almost two-and-one-half times more
likely to die in a given year than those who had at least one child.


B

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A) they reduce the amount of time you would have to spend giving a lengthy explanation. B) they are easy to prepare. C) they give the audience something besides the speaker to focus on. D) they can be passed around easily during the speech.

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You learned that when you engage in the listening process, you do so with four main goals in mind. Name the four goals and give a brief scenario for each

What will be an ideal response?

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__________ involves replacing a person's current beliefs with a new set of beliefs.

A. Constraint B. Conversion C. Commitment D. Agenda setting

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If an individual you are interviewing gets off the topic under discussion, you should

a. gently bring the person back on track b. interrupt the person and stop the irrelevant response c. allow the interviewee to continue until he or she returns to the issue d. glance at your watch, look out the window, and give other non-verbal signal indicating that you are not listening.

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