Todd Whitaker Offers Suggestions for Dealing with Difficult Individuals

question 6

Multiple Choice

Todd Whitaker offers suggestions for dealing with difficult individuals. Select all that apply.

• A) Give them some appropriate responsibilities and praise them in front of others.
• B) Confront them vigorously in front of others when they are being inappropriate.
• C) Raise their discomfort level by approaching them privately about their negative behaviors.
• D) Educate them on how they come across to others.
• E) Ignore them.

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Definitions:

Negative Relationship

A type of correlation where an increase in one variable is associated with a decrease in another variable.

No Relationship

Outcome of research in which two variables are not related; changes in the first variable are not associated with changes in the second variable.

Negative Linear Relationship

A direct relationship between two variables where an increase in one variable leads to a decrease in another.

Positive Linear Relationship

A relationship between two variables where an increase in one variable is associated with an increase in the other variable, depicted as a straight line.