Robin Sends an E-Mail to His Team Describing the Implementation

question 15

Multiple Choice

Robin sends an e-mail to his team describing the implementation of a new work practice. However, in the e-mail he does not solicit comments or suggestions from his subordinates. He feels that the subordinates lack the experience required to effectively evaluate the various implications of the new practice. This is an example of

• A) interactive communication.
• B) participative decision making.
• C) one-way communication.
• D) participative problem solving.
• E) nonverbal communication.

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Definitions:

Perceptual Scaffolding

The way in which a familiar word serves as an anchor for learning new words that come immediately before or after it.

Syntactic Bootstrapping

Use of knowledge of grammar to figure out the meaning of new words.

Fast Mapping

The way in which children quickly form an idea of the meaning of an unfamiliar word they hear in a familiar and highly structured social interaction.

Babbling

Early stage of language development where infants produce sounds or syllables repeatedly without specific meaning.