Excessive Self-Disclosure Is a Staple of Many Television Talk Shows

Multiple Choice

Excessive self-disclosure is a staple of many television talk shows. Guests frequently reveal intimate details about their personal lives. Viewers probably find such intimate disclosures entertaining rather than threatening, because the

A) television guests are strangers to the viewer.
B) television guests are viewed as sympathetic individuals who are seeking help from the talk show host.
C) viewers do not have to reciprocate with their own self-disclosure to these guests.
D) viewers have been desensitized by watching numerous talk shows and will not feel threatened by overdisclosure as non-TV talk show watchers.