Imagine That You Have Just Called a Friend, but Your

question 11

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you have just called a friend, but your friend didn't take the call and it went to voicemail. At first, you assume your friend was simply away from the phone or busy, but you start to wonder if he might be angry with you or ignoring you. In this instance, you are exercising which ability?

• A) self-monitoring
• B) cognitive complexity
• C) communication competence
• D) interpersonal communication

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values.

Variation

The occurrence of differences or deviations within a population, which can be genetic, phenotypic, or behavioral, among individuals or groups.

Median

A statistical measure that represents the middle value in a dataset, where half the numbers are above and half are below.

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of an entire distribution. It aims to provide an accurate description of the entire dataset.