You Thought Ms

Multiple Choice

You thought Ms. Patterson would not be upset to hear that her niece was in the hospital. But as you began to tell her, you could tell she was distraught, so you moved closer and gave her some time to react to the news. The principle of communication that says that communicators exert mutual influence on each other such that the way one behaves suggests how the other should behave is called:

A) Codependence
B) Relativity
C) The Principle of Reactivity
D) Transactional