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Magda is trying to talk to Michael about her day, but begins to realize that Michael is tired and distracted. He has spent a long day at work and is now trying to balance his checkbook, and then must get ready for a test tomorrow morning. Magda decides to wait to initiate a conversation. She has just become aware of which barrier Michael is experiencing?

Mohinder noticed that Bill came to class late one day. When he met Bill later at a party, he turned to a friend and remarked, “Yeah, Bill’s the guy I told you about who comes to class late all the time.” The perceptual barrier Mohinder is exhibiting is __________.

People who have a high sense of self-worth are more likely to be __________.

A confusion of one word or phrase for another that sounds similar to it is known as __________.

The technique of having a trained person listen as you verbalize your fears, hopes, and concerns is called __________.

Jonathan has just been fired from his job and turns to you to talk about it. According to communication researchers, what would be an inappropriate response to show social support?

A person’s name generally has no logical connection with the actual person, just as the word “cow” does not look like a cow or sound like a cow. According to American linguist Charles Hockett, these examples illustrate how the connection between a word and what it represents is __________.

Which idea suggests that the more contact you have with someone who is different from you, the more positive regard you will have for that person?

When someone uses the word dog and you understand the word to mean “a mangy, dirty, and disgusting animal, like the one that bit me when I was five years old,” which level of meaning are you likely applying?

The culture of which country values an equal, or decentralized, distribution of power?