When You Are Criticizing or Correcting, It Is Best to

question 84

Multiple Choice

When you are criticizing or correcting, it is best to

• A)focus on what the audience members can do to improve.
• B)emphasize the audience's mistakes so that they will not make the same ones again.
• C)be honest and call attention to the audience's failures or shortcomings.
• D)single out the guilty audience members as an example for everyone else to learn from.

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Definitions:

Higher Authority's Orders

Directives issued by individuals or bodies in higher positions of power or hierarchy, which are expected to be followed by those at lower levels.

Agentic State

The psychological condition in which an individual sees themselves as an agent executing orders, often used to explain obedience to authority figures.

Higher Authority

A position of power or control above others, often within an organizational or governmental structure.

Referent Power

Referent power is a form of influence based on the charismatic appeal or personal attraction of the power-holder, leading others to identify with or seek approval from the individual.