Connie and Rhonda Are New Employees at the Company

question 270

Multiple Choice

Connie and Rhonda are new employees at the company. In the past month since they were hired, they have developed a friendship as each confides to the other about their struggles to work and take care of family as well as their impressions of other employees. Their close relationship has developed because they chose to share their thoughts and feelings with each other. This is known as

• A)self-disclosure.
• B)social comparison.
• C)empathic helping.
• D)social exchange.

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Definitions:

Benzophenone

An organic compound with the formula (C6H5)2CO, commonly used in organic chemistry as a photoinitiator.

Diethyl Ether

An organic compound commonly used as a solvent, characterized by an oxygen atom connecting two ethyl groups.

1-Butanol

A primary alcohol with the chemical formula C4H9OH, characterized by a four-carbon straight chain terminating in a hydroxyl group.

PhCHO

Formaldehyde with a phenyl group, also known as benzaldehyde, a common organic compound used in synthesis.