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On their second date, Sue and Mac spend a considerable amount of time talking about their pasts, revealing their likes and dislikes, and exploring their compatabilities. Sue and Mac's interactions are indicative of which stage of relationship development?

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involvement

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Angela moves out of the apartment she's shared with Eldon for four years and refuses to take Eldon's calls. she then throws a party to announce her return to th edating scene and to ask her friends to support her decision. We can reasonably assume from Angela's actions that she

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social separation phase of the break-up

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Hannah and Harry formed a relationship based on the fact that they found each other physically attractive and have similar interests. We can assume which theory best explains this relationship?

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attraction theory

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The more impersonal the interaction between people, the more likely they will

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respond to each other according to social roles

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Which of the following is an accurate statement about interpersonal communication?

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suggests mutual influence

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Which of the following statements concerning relationships and technology is true?

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Potential partners can easily present a false self over the Internet

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The involvment stage involves testing and intensifying.

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True

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Primary relationships have little impact on family dynamics.

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False

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In the U.S., men generally build relationships around shared activities.

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True

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In the U.S., women are more likely to report a belief in love at first sight than men are.

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False

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the disagreement is between or among connected individuals.

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Conflict may be defined as interpersonal

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Negative consequences of conflict may be a result of:

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unfair fighting methods.

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Differences between women and men are not clear and may have more to do with power than gender.

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true regarding gender and conflict

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Harriett an Maynard cannot decide which movie to go to, Harriet wants to see the new action movie and Maynard wants to see a foreign art film. After arguing for a while they agree to go to another movie, a Civil War drama, which both of them have a mild interest in.

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compromising

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I like being around you when you engage in positive actions and interactions, but it is hard for me to be around you when you engage in negative behaviors.

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"You are always so negative?"

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A person who stores up grievances against another person and unloads these during a situation is engaging in the unproductive conflict strategy known as

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gunnysacking

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a conflict management strategy that may include inflicting psychological pain.

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Verbal aggressiveness

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Interpersonal conflict occurs only when relationships are in trouble.

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false

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The consequences of an avoiding conflict management strategy is both parties lose.

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true

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Which of the following is true concerning small groups?

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All groups have organizing rules

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Which of the following is the best example of a social or relationship group?

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friends who gather at a local bar every Friday

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The small group format wehre the members are "experts," where the discussion is informal, and where the audience may freely interject comments or questions is called the

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panel

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It didn't take Shaundra, a new faculty member in the World Languages Department at State University, long to realize faculty meetings rarely started on time. Now she arrives at least ten minutes "late" like everyone else. In this instance, "being late" is an example of a group

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norm

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Which of the following is true concerning brainstorming?

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It encourages creativity.

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If the primary purpose of a small group is to acquire new information or skills through the sharing of knowledge, the group would most clearly be a(n)

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educational or learning group

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People riding in the same car of a commuter train constitute a small group.

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false

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Group norms are formal or informal rules identifying which behaviors are appropriate and inappropriate.

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true

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The Delphi Method requires no face-to-face interaction.

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True

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The information seeker, opinion giver, and procedural technician are best defined as _______________roles.

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group task

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During a departmental meeting, Donna questions Henry's suggestion concerning how to decrease turnover by saying, That's an innovative approach to the problem, henry, but I'm not sure how it would work for this specific word group." By making this comment, Donna is performing which member role?

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evaluator-critic

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Groups in which groupthink is present often believe the group is on a moral mission

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groupthink

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Bela is in charge of leading a new team of firefighters who recently joined the force. In this situation, Bela is well-advised to use which leadership style?

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telling

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One-on-one interaction between mentors and mentees build on trust and support.

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mentoring

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Functions of leadership in small group situations include

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guiding members through the agreed-upon agenda.

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During a group meeting, Pat questions the feasibility and logic of the solution that the group plans to propose. Pat is performing the role of blocker.

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False

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Conflict over issues in small groups can lead to better decisions or outcomes.

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True

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Groups do not necessarily require some members to perform group maintenance roles to be successful.

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false

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According to the book, an informative speech should tell listeners something they

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did not know before.

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Level of complexity should be adjusted depending on factors such as context and audience's knowledge of topic

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level of complexity for informative speeches

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To help the audience remember information, a speaker should

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use guide phrases

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Benjamin Barber, a leading civil society scholar, suggests most Americans perceive themselves more as consumers than citizens

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best use of testimony for a speech on civic engagement?

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Statistics that tell you how closely two or more things are related are known as measures of:

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correlation

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Generally, the best presentation aid is

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the actual object.

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Which of the following is one of the guidelines for using presentation aids?

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Test aids before using them

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An appropriate specific purpose statement for a speech on the concept of postmodernism would be "to describe postmodernism."

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false

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There is no limit to the amount of information that a listener can take in at any one time.

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False

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In preparing a persuasive presentation, it is important to remember that generally listeners will actively avoid information that contradicts their existing attitudes, beliefs, and values.

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true

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In regard to supporting material for persuasive speeches, logical appeals tend to have the most lasting effect

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true

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Credibility appeals are needed only if your audience is not aware of your knowledge and expertise

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false

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In her speech announcing her candidacy for mayor, Hugh states, "Crime is a problem in our city. We beed a better system of locking up the career criminals and patrolling our streets, and I have a plan to do just that." Hugh has used an emotional appeal to her audience's ______________ needs.

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safety

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To demonstrate character in a speech, stress

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your fairness

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generally leads to more permanent commitment to your position and resistance to counterarguments.

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Arguing from logical appeals in persuasive speaking

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In her persuasive speech aimed at convincing her audience that global warming is a serious problem, Tere presents information on changing weather patterns, ice-caps depletions, and changes in arctic flow. Tere's use of reasoning is an example of reasoning from

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sign

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the tendency to respond to something in a certain way.

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attitude

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When you have very limited time to present a persuasive speech, the best strategy for moving your audience toward your position is to

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ask for small changes in beliefs, attitudes, values, or behavior.

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If Bonnie's thesis for her persuasive speech is "Capital punishment haters crime" we can assume she is addressing a question of

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fact

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there is some kind of perceptual contact- you see, hear, and perhaps smell the person. from this you get a physical picture: gender, approximate age, height, and so on.

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contact

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stage a sense of mutuality, of being connected, develops. here you experiment and try to learn more about the other person.

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involvement

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contact and involvement stages make up relationship development, a movement toward intimacy. at this stage you commit yourself still further to the other person and establish a relationship in which this individual becomes your best or closest friend, lover, or companion.

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intimacy

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is characterized by a weakening of the bonds between the friends or lovers. the first stage of deterioration is usually intrapersonal dissatisfaction- view future with your partner more negatively

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deterioration

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some partners may pause during deterioration and try to repair their relationship, others however, may progress without stopping to dissolution

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repair

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the last stage in the relationship model, involves cutting the bonds that tie you together

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dissolution

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seeks beauty and sensuality and focuses on physical attractiveness

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eros love

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seeks entertainment and excitement and sees love as fun, a game.

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ludic love

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is a peaceful and tranquil love, lacks passion and intensity

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storge love

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is practical and traditional and seeks compatibility and a relationship in which important needs and desires will be satisfied.

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pragma love

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is an obsessive love that needs to give and receive constant attention and affection.

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manic love

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is compassionate and selfless; loves both the stranger on the road and the annoying neighbor.

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agapic love

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uses the ideas of social exchange but goes a step farther and claims that you develop and maintain relationships in which the ratio of your rewards relative to your costs is approximately to your partners

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equity theory

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is disagreement between or among connected individuals who perceive their goals as incompatible

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interpersonal conflict

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centers on objects, events and persons that are usually, though not always, external to the parties involved in the conflict.

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content conflict

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are equally numerous and are those that center on the nature and meaning of your relationship

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relationship conflicts

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you never reveal your feelings; you just don't plan ahead; you never call me

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you-message

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I sure would like hearing how you feel about this; I need to know what our schedule for the next few days will be; I'd enjoy hearing from you more often

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I-message

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refers to your willingness to argue for a point of view, your tendency to speak your mind on significant issues

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argumentativeness

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info that is sent before a regular message telling the listener something about what is to follow

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feedforward

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info that is given back to the source; may come from the source's won messages (as in to hear what we are saying) or from the receivers in forms such as applause, yawning, puzzled looks, questions, letters to the editor, increased or decreased subscription to magazines and so forth

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feedback

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a small group format in which each member of the group delivers a relatively prepared talk on some aspect of the topic. Often combined with a forum

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symposium

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help the group focus on achieving its goals

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group task role

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serves to nourish and satisfy the group to increase productivity. ex. the encourager, the compromiser, the gatekeeper-expediter, the standard setter and the follower

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group building and maintenance roles

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a group leader who allows the group to develop and progress or make mistakes on its own.

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laissez-faire

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a group leader who stimulates self-direction and self-actualization of the group members

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democratic

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a group leader who determines the group policies or makes decisions without consulting or securing agreement from group members

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authoritarian

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tendency of listeners to actively seek out info that supports their existing opinions, beliefs, attitudes, and values and to actively avoid info that contradicts them

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selective exposure

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