There Are Several Biases of Human Communication, Which Affect Team

question 8

Multiple Choice

There are several biases of human communication, which affect team performance. All of the following are known threats or biases to effective communication in groups EXCEPT:

• A) message tuning-tendency for senders to tailor messages for specific recipients.
• B) message distortion-message senders present information in a way that recipients will like it.
• C) biased interpretation-recipients hear what they want when receiving messages.
• D) absorptive capacity-people experience information overload when listening to another team member.

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