Kendrick and Felicia Are Married

question 13

Multiple Choice

Kendrick and Felicia are married. Kendrick has just made Felicia an anniversary dinner. He asks her how she likes it, to which she responds, "It's pretty good." The truth is, Felicia doesn't care for it at all, but she doesn't want to hurt Kendrick's feelings. How did her response likely affect understanding? Choose the best answer.

• A) Her response was meant to maximize understanding.
• B) Her response was meant to be ambiguous, but Kendrick did not understand her at all.
• C) Her response was meant to be simple.
• D) Her response was meant to be ambiguous, but Kendrick knew roughly what she meant because communication does not always require complete understanding.

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