According to your textbook, confirmation is defined as a response that:

a. validates another person's experience or emotions, but disagrees with the content of the message.
b. validates another person's experience or emotions and agrees with the content of the message.
c. creates expressive and instrumental benefits for both parties in the relationship.
d. disqualifies the other person with a tangential response.

B

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Which of the following skills does not lead to competence in interpersonal communication?

A) The ability to adapt and know how to communicate in specific situations B) The ability to adapt and appropriately communicate in specific interactions C) The ability to understand your and the other person's values, beliefs, attitudes, or feelings D) The ability to monitor others E) The ability to be fair and ethical

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Explain how public speaking uses skills identified in other types of communication

What will be an ideal response?

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