You have just been hired as a consultant for a large company to analyze some project teams and to report on how power is distributed within them. On your first day, you immediately notice that one person is late to the meeting and is dressed a little more casually than the others. In the discussion, this person is the one who initiates the topics, seems to interrupt, and closes the meeting. Based on which principle of power would you say that this person is more powerful than the others?

A. the scarcity principle
B. the principle of elevation
C. the prerogative principle
D. the principle that power can enable or disable


C. the prerogative principle

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What is the purpose of a conclusion, and what elements should a conclusion contain?

What will be an ideal response?

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Audra and Alfonso argue and Alfonso storms out of the house. Audra calls Alfonso asking for forgiveness. He returns and they reconcile. Soon they fight again with Alfonso once again leaving. This is an example of a(n)

a. complementary style. b. symmetrical style. c. conflict ritual. d. avoiding style. e. win-lose.

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If I hug members of my family when I greet them after an absence, I am using nonverbal communication to:

a. Establish relationship-level meaning. b. Avoid sending an ambiguous message. c. Use chronemics as communication. d. All of these options are correct.

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