How Could You Increase the Power of the Statement "I

question 39

Multiple Choice

How could you increase the power of the statement "I, uh, think I'd be a little happier if you could make it on time.Okay?"?

• A)​Revise the sequential placement.
• B)​Use perception checking.
• C)​Use more disclaimers.
• D)​Add a tag question.
• E)​None of the above increases the power of the statement.

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Definitions:

Illusory Correlation

The perception of a relationship between two variables when none exists.

Self-Serving Attribution

A common tendency to attribute successes to personal characteristics and failures to external factors.

Internal Attribution

The process of explaining one's own or others' behavior as due to personal, intrinsic factors.

External-Unstable

A causation attribution in psychology where an individual attributes events to causes outside themselves that are variable or subject to change.