Rather than saying she is angry, Angie says, "I'm angry because someone yelled at me in traffic today." She is utilizing which step in achieving emotional understanding?

a. fundamental attribution error
b. strategic emotionality
c. being specific
d. thinking positively


c

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a. ?sources are often unreliable and give reporters false information b. ?sometimes sources are reluctant to speak off the record c. many sources will talk only if they cannot be identified d. ?many sources are wary to return calls or emails from reporters

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Although _________ speech may inform or persuade, its primary goal is to entertain

A) an announcement B) a presentation C) an acceptance D) an after-dinner

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The claim "The fashion of wearing sagging pants was originally a prison mode for signaling sexual availability" is an example of a(n) _____

A. statistically documented fact B. factual story C. urban legend D. testimony-based fact

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The goal of an informative presentation is to

A) review what listeners already know. B) convince the audience that your idea is worthy. C) motivate the audience to use the technique you are explaining. D) lead listeners to understand, remember, and use ideas in a new way. E) argue the validity of a concept.

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