Josie sees herself as autonomous and independent. She is a rational-choice maker and is self-reliant. Josie has a:

When decisions are made using __________, groups may be asked to gather information for and recommend decisions to another person or larger group

a. majority rule b. groupthink c. dependent decision making d. false consensus e. authority rule

An announcement that Smith Inc., would be

merging with Integrated Systems Inc. was made last week. When Matt heard the word "merger," he became very stressed and fearful of losing his job. On the other hand, when Sam heard the word "merger," he became excited about the future possibilities of being paired with such a great company. Their differences in interpretation represent the of verbal messages. A. denotative meaning B. descriptive nature C. ambiguous nature D. preciseness