When Your Words Convey Two Conflicting Messages, or the Message

question 13

Multiple Choice

When your words convey two conflicting messages, or the message sent by your words is the opposite of the message sent by your body language, you are sending _____.

• A)semantic contradictions
• B)physical distractions
• C)a mixed message
• D)paralinguistic cues

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Definitions:

U.S. Federal Government

The U.S. Federal Government is the national government of the United States, composed of three distinct branches (legislative, executive, and judicial) established to provide national leadership and implement various laws and policies.

Goods and Services

The outputs offered by businesses or the economy at large, including tangible products (goods) and intangible offerings (services).

Double Government

A theory suggesting that national security policy is predominantly shaped and executed by a network of insulated managerial agencies, overshadowing traditional democratic institutions.

Bureaucrats

Government officials and workers who run the day-to-day business of government, often associated with the administrative aspects of governance.