Don Realizes That He Often Loses His Temper with His

question 27

Multiple Choice

Don realizes that he often loses his temper with his son, making his son nervous around him. When Don realizes he should speak to his son more calmly, he is exhibiting which skill of competent communicators?

• A) Avoiding defensiveness
• B) Reframing
• C) Self-monitoring
• D) Analyzing the speech audience

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Definitions:

Experiment

A scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.

Hypothesis

A proposed explanation for a phenomenon, made as a starting point for further investigation, often testable by experimentation.

Laboratory Observation

The process of watching subjects in a controlled environment to gather data or test hypotheses.

Hypothesis

A tentative explanation or prediction that can be tested through scientific research.