Asking Follow-Up Questions to Confirm Our Interpretations of Someone Else's

question 34

Multiple Choice

Asking follow-up questions to confirm our interpretations of someone else's statements is a strategy for

• A)separating what is said from what isn't said.
• B)avoiding the vividness effect.
• C)minimizing the effect of a confirmation bias.
• D)evaluating the speaker's credibility.

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Definitions:

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