Hannah is a Thai woman and she is dating Ben, an American man Since Ben believes that sharing everything and being honest to each other are important for maintaining a romantic relationship, Ben tells her everything – his feelings, opinions, his past relationships, conflicts in his family, etc. Hannah also wants to share a lot of things with Ben, but she sometimes feels she is forced to talk about the things she is not actually willing to share. According to Baxter and Montgomery's relational dialectics, Hannah is facing the dialectic of "autonomy-connection"


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Before moving to your next point in your presentation you say, "We have discussed what sleep deprivation is and why it can be a problem for college students." This is an example of a(n) _____

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A single sentence that summarizes what you want your listeners to remember is called the __________.

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When Shayna was traveling overseas for work, she was surprised to receive an invitation to a client’s home after a business meeting. The client was clearly upset when she declined. Shayna might have been more successful if she had followed which rule

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