Biff Tends to Be Moderate in Argumentativeness and Moderate in Verbal

question 20

Multiple Choice

Biff tends to be moderate in argumentativeness and moderate in verbal aggressiveness. Which of the following partners would you predict he would get along with best, all else about the partners being equal?

• A) Eve, who is moderate in both argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness
• B) Trudy, who is low in both argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness
• C) Naomi, who is high in both argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness
• D) Ursula, who is high in argumentativeness and low in verbal aggressiveness
• E) Mimi, who is low in argumentativeness and high in verbal aggressiveness

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