The tendency to single out one or two obvious characteristics of a person and attribute everything that person does to these characteristics is called __________

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


Answer: overattribution

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Resonance takes place when the stimuli put into your communication

a. Exceeds a superlative amount of attention by the audience b. Avoids exaggeration, hyperbole, and extraneous attention c. Overcomes the obvious falsity of the product claims d. Evokes meaning in a listener or a viewer

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Brianne angrily waited three minutes at the counter before the clerk finished his phone conversation and signaled awareness that Brianne was waiting. Brianne would’ve felt better if the clerk had at least __________ her while she was waiting

a. recognized b. acknowledged c. endorsed d. been assertive with e. responded nondefensively

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__________ theory suggests that emotional expression is severely restricted when we use only text-based messages to communicate.

A. Media richness B. Cues-filtered-out C. Diminished capacity D. Transactional interference

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The partition step of the introduction refers to the __________.

A. preview B. transition C. thesis D. attention getter

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