According to communication scholars Hocker and Wilmot, conflict is "an expressed struggle between ________ who perceive incompatible goals, scarce resources, and interference from others in achieving their goals."

The four components of the model of strategic communication are

a. education, goal setting, anxiety management, and communication competence. b. goal setting, managerial skills, technical skills, and situational competence. c. education, messages, channels, and receivers. d. goal setting, situational knowledge, communication competence, and anxiety management.

Each of the following is identified as one of the paths a relationship takes to dissolution

EXCEPT: A) sudden death B) fading away C) unplanned extinction D) incrementalism