The Second Stage of the Writing Process Includes ________

question 7

Multiple Choice

The second stage of the writing process includes ________.

• A) gathering information that will inform, persuade, or motivate your audience
• B) adapting your message to the audience's needs
• C) revising and rewriting until the message is clear and effective
• D) organizing your ideas and composing the first draft

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Definitions:

Systematic Desensitization

A therapeutic technique used in behavioral therapy to gradually reduce phobia, anxiety, or fear by exposing the individual to the feared object or context in a controlled manner.

Causal Attribution

Explanation for why an event occurred.

Behavioral Theories

Theories that explain human behavior by focusing on observable behaviors and the external stimuli that may cause them, rather than on internal psychological processes.

Schizophrenia

A psychiatric disorder that involves abnormal alterations in cognition, perception, feelings, speech, self-awareness, and conduct.