According to ______________________, Speakers Make Their Communication Styles Similar to Listeners

question 2

Multiple Choice

According to ______________________, speakers make their communication styles similar to listeners' to gain their approval and achieve greater efficiency.

• A) communication accommodation theory
• B) the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis
• C) cultural sensitivity
• D) the principle of adjustment

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Definitions:

Psychodynamic

An approach in psychology which emphasizes systematic study of the psychological forces that underlie human behavior, feelings, and emotions and how they might relate to early experience.

Cognitive-Behavioral

Pertaining to a therapy approach that combines cognitive and behavioral techniques to change negative patterns of thinking and behavior.

Behavioral

Relating to or concerning the actions or reactions of a person in response to external or internal stimuli.

Existential

Pertaining to existence, particularly human existence and its inherent concerns, conditions, or philosophy.