Though It Can Provide People with Information, Help Them Solve

question 20

Multiple Choice

Though it can provide people with information, help them solve problems, and teach them how to do their work, ________ communication can be destructive when misinformation proliferates and harms people and operations.

• A)downward
• B)semantic
• C)grapevine
• D)upward
• E)formal

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Definitions:

Learn How to Relax

A process or practice of becoming less tense, anxious, or stressed, often involving techniques such as deep breathing, meditation, or yoga.

Decatastrophize Technique

A cognitive-behavioral therapy technique aimed at reducing anxiety by challenging and modifying catastrophic thoughts.

Overestimating

The cognitive bias of appraising a situation or an outcome as being more likely or significant than it actually is.

Beck's Cognitive

A therapeutic approach developed by Aaron T. Beck, focusing on identifying and challenging negative thinking patterns to treat psychological disorders.