This information seeking tactic involves the use jokes and self-disclosure to ease information from a source without being obvious

A) disguising conversations
B) covert conversations
C) defining conversations
D) creative conversation


Answer: A

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Much of what we learn about what people are thinking or feeling comes not through listening to their words but through observing their body language and other behaviors. Body language is an example of what kind of communication?

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