When we judge our talents, attractiveness, abilities and leadership skills against those of our peers we are engaging in ____________________

A linguistic theory known as ______ holds that the more concrete your words are, the clearer your communication will be

a. denotation b. connotation c. abstract vernacular d. general semantics

Dean Barnlund suggested that when we communicate with one other person, there are at least six other "people" involved. This statement suggests that communication is _____

a. private b. complicated c. governed by rules d. inescapable