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While Danilo argues with his girlfriend, Katie, he uses profane language and raises his voice. This causes Katie’s blood pressure to increase and inhibits her ability to accurately interpret Danilo’s messages. Which form of communication interference is Katie experiencing?

Reece watches a news report about a young man arrested for stealing bread and peanut butter from a local grocery store. Reece assumes that the young man had no other choice but to steal the food for survival. Using causal attribution theory, which cause does Reece attribute the man’s behavior to?

Cherise and her neighbors wear designer clothing, drive luxury vehicles, and send their children to private schools. These visible symbols are used to communicate the groups’ __________.

Communication researcher Milton Bennett calls the ultimate other-oriented principle the “Platinum Rule,” which states: __________.

Paras, a Southern Baptist, attended Mass at her boyfriend William’s Roman Catholic church. During the service she didn’t know when to stand, sit, or kneel; she didn’t know the words to most of what the congregation recited aloud from memory; and she decided just to stay in her seat when William went to receive the Eucharist. By remaining at the service despite being confused and uncomfortable, which strategy for developing motivation did Paras seem to employ?

Which term describes the process of making sense out of the world and sharing that sense with others by creating meaning through the use of verbal and nonverbal messages?

Jeremiah just got called in to see the principal. As he walks to the office he wonders, “What have I done wrong? Of course, it may be nothing. Maybe there is just some information she needs.” Jeremiah is engaging in __________.

What is primarily learned from and socially reinforced by others?

Simon responds to his son’s request by exclaiming, “I don’t care what you want. You’ll do what I tell you, when I tell you, and that’s that!” Which strategy for creating a supportive climate do Simon’s words most likely violate?

Sarah has been a faithful member of your study group all semester. But tonight, she not only didn’t show up, but she couldn’t be reached on her cell phone. You remembered that her father has been seriously ill and inferred that Sarah probably had to rush home to tend to him. Which process of perceptual organization and interpretation did you use in arriving at this conclusion?