Imagine That a Friend of Yours Has Committed a Faux

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Imagine that a friend of yours has committed a faux pas at your dinner party.Rather than embarrass your friend with an immediate correction, you wait until the party is over.Why is this not likely to alter your friend's behavior? What could you have done to improve the chances that a correction administered after the party would change the behavior?

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