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Communication climate
refers to the social tone of a relationship.
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confirming v. disagreeing v. disconfirming
- Confirming: 1. recognition, 2. acknowledgement, 3. Endorsement.
- Disagreeing: Argumentativeness, Complaining, Aggressiveness.
- Disconfirming: Verbal abuse, complaining, impervious response, irrelevant response, tangential response, impersonal response, ambiguous response, incongruous response.
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defensiveness
suggests protecting our presenting self and face.
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