What is stonewalling? Provide an example

What will be an ideal response?

Stonewalling occurs when one or both partners stop communicating, refuse to respond to each other's communication efforts, and withdraw from interaction. For example, one might ask their spouse to help do the dishes and the spouse might respond by stonewalling when he/she ignores the request, refuses to respond, increases the volume on the TV, and continues to watch the television show.

Communication & Mass Media

You might also like to view...

In recent years, daytime programming by the network has

a. increased, leaving the affiliates with less time to program. b. decreased, particularly for soap operas. c. decreased, particularly for talk shows. d. become less profitable than prime-time.

Communication & Mass Media

Because of apprehension, many beginning speakers

a. speak too slowly b. speed up their speaking rate c. are very conscious of their speaking rate d. have few problems with their rate of speech

Communication & Mass Media