Your facial expressions influence your own level of emotional arousal.

You are listening to a teammate who has rambled on about disadvantages to several different proposed solutions. According to the authors' criteria, which of the following would be a good way to ask for clarification?

A) "Could you please get to the point?" B) Well, my own position is that we should adopt solution A. You haven't really said anything against it. C) "I think you've said that our first solution would not work because it's too expensive and our second solution would not be desirable because it violates our bylaws. Is that correct? D) All of these choices E) None of these choices

When speakers' minds go blank due to stage fright, it is because

A. most of their energy is directed toward managing their anxiety. B. they are convinced that what they want to say is not good enough. C. most of their energy is committed to combating the desire to flee. D. they did not spend enough time planning what they wanted to say.