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tiara099

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An example of the curse of knowledge is a:
 
  a. professor who believes his or her teaching ratings are higher than they actually are.
  b. professor who understands an idea perfectly, but cannot explain it clearly to students.
  c. team member who knows a potentially damaging piece of information, but cannot reveal it to the team.
  d. leader who knows how to solve a problem, but must let the team solve the problem themselves.

Question 2

When a speaker tunes a message to suit an audience and, in the course of tuning the message, the speaker's subsequent memories and impressions about the topic change, this effect is known as:
 
  a. biased interpretation.
  b. message distortion.
  c. perspective-taking failures.
  d. saying is believing.


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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

d



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