Excessive Self-Disclosure Is a Staple of Many Television Talk Shows

question 158

Multiple Choice

Excessive self-disclosure is a staple of many television talk shows. Guests frequently reveal intimate details about their personal lives. Viewers probably find such intimate disclosures entertaining rather than threatening, because the

• A) television guests are strangers to the viewer.
• B) television guests are viewed as sympathetic individuals who are seeking help from the talk show host.
• C) viewer does not have to reciprocate with their own self-disclosure to these guests.
• D) viewer has been desensitized by watching numerous talk shows and will not feel threatened by overdisclosure as non-TV talk show watchers.

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Funds available to families for saving or spending after subtracting income taxes.

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The portion of net income that is kept by a company rather than distributed to its shareholders as dividends, used for investment or paying off debt.

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