ch 7 Flashcards

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Bypassing

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takes place when two people assign different meanings to the same word

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2
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Allness Statement

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simple but untrue generalizations: women are better than men

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3
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Fact-Inference Confusion

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occurs when ppl respond to something as if they have actually observed it, when in reality they have merely drawn a conclusion

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4
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People-Oriented Listener

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listeners are most comfortable listening to other people’s feelings and emotions

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Action-Oriented Listener

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listeners prefer information that is well organized, brief, and error free

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Content-Oriented Listener

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listeners like info-rich content; they are more comfortable listening to complex, detailed info than are ppl w other listening styles

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Time-Oriented

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listeners prefer brief messages. They are busy and dnt hv time to listen to long, rambling talks

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Prejudging

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you anticipate that what these ppl will say will be offensive, and you begin to tune them out

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Rehearsing a response

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It is the tendency ppl have to rehearse in their minds what they will say when the other person stops speaking

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10
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What are 6 active listening?

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  1. Stop
  2. Look
  3. Listen
  4. Ask Questions
  5. Paraphrase content
  6. Paraphrase feelings
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11
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T or F more time is spent communicating nonverbally than verbally (texting rather than talking)

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t

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12
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Emblems

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nonverbal cues that have verbal equivalents. shared by all group members. someone putting their index finger in front of their mouth going “shhh” (hitchhiker)

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13
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Illustrators

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nonverbal behaviors that add meaning to accompanying verbal messages
finger in the air (demonstrates determination)

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14
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Affect display

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nonverbal cue that communicates emotion

your face and body

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15
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Cognitive

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thought process

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16
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Monitoring

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feedback

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17
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Regulatory

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nonverbal behavior that help to control flow of communication. know when to talk and when to listen
back and forth (won’t look if you don’t want to be called on)

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18
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Expressive

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emotion

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19
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Territoriality

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term used in the study of animal behavior to refer to how animals stake out and defend given areas

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Seating arrangement

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area of study known as small-group ecology examines the consistent way in which ppl arrange themselves in small groups

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21
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What are the seating arrangement?

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interaction patterns
stress
gender
personality (extroverts vs. introverts)
show Susan cain ted talk
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22
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What are personal appearance?

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more credible
more effective in changing attitude
successful
sociable

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23
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Active Listening

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attempting to clarify and understand another person’s thoughts and feelings through communication, using several steps

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24
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Active Listening

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attempting to clarify and understand another person’s thoughts and feelings through communication, using several steps

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Adaptor

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nonverbal acts that satisfy personal needs and help ppl adapt to immediate environment

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26
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Territoriality

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ppl use space/territory to show ownership over an area

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27
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What affects interaction patterns?

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stress
genders
personailty

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28
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What is the importance of Albert Mehrabian and Matin Williams?

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a group member signals topic change by leaning forward, smiling, making a head nod, shifting posture, having a foot make contact with the floor, or breaking eye contact to signal a change in the direction of thought(pg 167)

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29
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What is the importance of eye contact?

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expresses emotion. shows someone’s cognitive thought process

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30
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What did Albert Mehrabian and Martin Williams find out?

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persuasive communicators use nonverbal communication a lot. they use gestures, facial expressions to emphasize their its

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31
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What is a symbol?

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represents a thought, concept, object, or experience

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32
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What is Groupthink?

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when groups agree in order to avoid conflict

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33
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T or F: cues-filtered thirty says emotional expression is restricted when using only text messages.

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True

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34
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When does a group stop being a group?

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When you cannot have influence in others

35
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What is Social Loafing?

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when ppl hold back and believe others will do the work

36
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Problem-solving groups, decision-making groups, study groups, and committees are all part of

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secondary groups

37
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What is systems theory

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group behavior in terms of input, processes , and output

38
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what is synergy

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the whole is greater than some of its parts

39
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what are the five main theories in communication

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system, social exchange, symbolic, structural, functional

40
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what does a small group communication model contain?

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leadership, norms, roles

41
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Equifinality - system’s final state may be reached by multiple paths and from different states. T OR F

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true

42
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3 of Schutuz’s Theory

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inclusion, affection, control

43
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defines the lack of effort in a group bc they know someone else will do the work for them

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social loafing

44
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which factor belongs in group attraction?

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group activities, group membership, group goals

45
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High context culture

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more emphasis on non-verbal communication, use fewer words to express themselves, more sensitive to nonverbal cues in environment

46
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forming, storming, norming, and performing are phases of..

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group development

47
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thoughtfully prepared list of issue/topics and questions the group will discuss

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agenda

48
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T OR F - deductive reasoning is the process of drawing a specific conclusion from a general statement

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TRUE

49
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T OR F- red herring is a fallacy type

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TRUE

50
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T OR F- information triage is important for groups dealing with only electronics

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FALSE

51
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what are the types of discussion

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prediction, fact, value

52
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role categories includes

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task roles, maintenance roles, individual roles

53
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rules and standards that determine appropriate and inappropriate behavior in a group

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norms

54
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group members with high status

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have more influence

generally abide by group norms

talks to the entire group

55
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principal of a school has what kind of power to control school policy

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legitimate power

56
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what is the power bases

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reward power, expert power, coercive power

57
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disconfirming response where one speaker fails to acknowledge what the other speaker said

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impervious response

58
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what is confirming response

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it causes ppl to value themselves more

59
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what is impersonal response

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speaker conducts a monologue to one person

60
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what is the opposite of superiority, which one feels superior

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equality

61
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flaw of group cohesiveness

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self selected group is ineffective

62
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model that uses various task-oriented behavior to describe leadership style was created by

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Paul Hersey

63
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three perspectives on leadership are

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trait, functional, situational

64
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what is the first step in the group decision making process?

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analyze the decision to b made

65
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what is an effective way to involve members of a group

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seek input from each other

66
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what is the descriptive approach to problem solving

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identifies typical patterns of communication

67
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what is the functional approach to solving a problem

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I.D’S key task requirements and stresses good communication

68
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what is the prescriptive approach to problem solving

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I.D’s specific agendas and techniques to improve performance

69
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what are the tools for defining a problem?

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IS/IS NOT ANALYSIS
JOURNALIST’S SIX QUESTIONS
SWOT ANALYSIS

70
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What’s the second step to problem-solving

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analyze the problem

71
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which tool is for analyzing the problem consists of driving and restraining forces

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force-field analysis

72
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a company needs help identifying a prob based on pos and neg aspects what tool would be best?

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SWOT analysis

73
Q

t or f

emblems, illustrators, affect displays, and regulators are categories of verbal communication

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false

74
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how can you improve nonverbal communication skills

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body posture, eye contact, facial expressions

75
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used in the study of animal behavior to refer to how animals stake out and defend given areas

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territoriality

76
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t or f ppl generally comprehend info and solve problems better in a more attractive environ

A

t

77
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what are the types of conflict?

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pseudo-conflict
simple conflict
ego conflict

78
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avoidance conflict management style

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one is which a person attempts to ignore disagreements

79
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one strategy for constructively expressing how you fell toward others in conflict is to use

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X-Y-Z formula

80
Q

t or f perception, personality, knowledge, culture, power and status are all causes of conflict

A

t

81
Q

concept of putting new ideas into action is

A

innovation

82
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generation, application, combination, and extension of new ideas is

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creativity

83
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t or f brainstorming- creative technique designed to help a group generate solutions to a problem

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f

84
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developing new ideas as we communicate w others & attempt to persuade them to adopt ideas

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invention