During a lengthy divorce and custody dispute, Patrick started calling his soon-to-be ex-wife terrible names in front of their children and her friends. In response, Becky called Patrick's employer and told him that Patrick is a terrible person. Events such as these went on for months. These behaviors wrecked the couple's chance for collaboration because each person was operating on which part of the "intensity continuum"?

A. Unrestrained conflict
B. Unexpressed conflict
C. Moderately expressed conflict
D. Revenge
E. Venting

Answer: A

Communication & Mass Media

You might also like to view...

Describe how topoi is used when determining a good speech topic. Provide an example of how topoi works.

What will be an ideal response?

Communication & Mass Media

The approach that represents a model of self-disclosure that reflects both breadth and depth of shared information is __________.

A. the Johari window B. social exchange theory C. the relational dialectics approach D. the social penetration model

Communication & Mass Media