A man who interrupts a woman during conversation may have learned through gender socialization as a boy that

a. talk is used to achieve goals such as negotiating power and position on a status
hierarchy.
b. communication functions to build harmonious relationships.
c. communication is an end in-and-of-itself.
d. talk is never used to achieve instrumental goals.
e. communication is used to maintain harmonious relationships.

a

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The feelings that the two people have about their previous conflict become part of the ______.

a. conflict interaction b. distal outcomes c. distal context d. proximal outcomes

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Relate your speech to the values of your listeners by:

A. Incorporating appeals to the general values of the culture B. Identifying and relating to the core values of your audience C. Forging strong, logical links between the issues of your speech and the values of the audience members D. Using motivational appeals to broaden your listeners' sense of history and community E. All of these answers are correct.

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