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Describe four strategies for reducing loneliness. (4 points; 1 for each correct answer) What keeps some lonely people from using these strategies? (1 point)
 
  What will be an ideal response

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a part of nonverbal communication as presented in the book?
 
  a. Paralanguage
  b. Body language
  c. Encoding and decoding
  d. Space and distance



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Answer to Question 1

Describe four strategies for reducing loneliness. 4 points for any 4 of the following:
- Participate in activities you can do with others; join organizations that reflect your interests
- Attend to the warning signals of loneliness; try new social activities
- Be positive when you meet new people; be supportive of others; give compliments
- Seek help; see a counselor

What keeps some lonely people from using these strategies? 1 point for any of the following:
- Staying away from other people keeps a person from having to face something else that is even scarier than being lonely
- Being lonely is better than having to approach new people who might not like you, reject you, or be mean to you
- A person is getting something out of being lonelysympathy, or being right for example

Answer to Question 2

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