Acknowledgment, or ______, is validation and support of another person.

a. active listening
b. confirmation
c. indexing
d. perspective taking


b. confirmation

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Which language strategy is used in the following example? "An iron curtain has descended across the Continent." (Winston Churchill, 1946)

a. alliteration b. repetition c. metaphor d. concrete words e. informal colloquial expressions

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Which of the following is not a technique for

developing critical listening skills? a) be positive about the message b) evaluate the evidence c) pay attention to language and delivery d) do prior research on the speaker's topic.

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All of the following are suggestions in our text for managing public speaking anxiety EXCEPT:

A) Prepare and practice thoroughly. B) Avoid chemical tension relievers. C) See public speaking as a performance. D) Think positively.

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Elena has decided to do a multimethod study about telenovela viewing habits. Which of the following methods that she uses is best described as an "extended focus group?" a. Elena conducts lengthy interviews with subjects about their televisionviewing behavior and asks them to focus on telenovelas

b. Elena leads a full-day group discussion about subjects' telenovela viewing. c. Elena asks subjects to fill out a questionnaire about telenovela viewing andthen leads them in a group discussion about the material covered in thequestionnaire. d. Elena asks subjects to focus on particular characters in a telenovela. Shethen plays it for them and asks them to fill out a questionnaire about theirobservations.

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