Although a chairperson needs to make some statement about the purpose of a meeting, to prevent stifling member creativity this should not include such details as the form of the output (such as an agenda or a written resolution).

For most English language speakers, it is expected that only one person talks at a time in a conversation. This is known as

a. a contextual rule. b. a conversational rule. c. pragmatics. d. phonology

An advocate of the Social Interaction Theory is most likely to say which of these things?

a. “Fear needs to be ignored if we are to think rationally about anything.” b. “Expressions of fear are affected by others’ reactions to them.” c. “Expressions of fear reflect the body’s ancient fight-or-flight response.” d. “Fear is an important emotion in analyzing a situation.”