What message is being communicated by the following behaviors?
1. Laurie raises her hand in class whenever the math teacher asks
who knows how to solve a problem.
2. Tom is yawning and stretching at a basketball game.
3. Karla is late coming home from the library because she found some books on painting and lost track of time paging through them. She checked them out and headed straight for her bed-room to spend more time looking at them.
4. Jeff keeps pushing the cat away whenever it tries to sit on his lap.
5. Darla fills up her plate for the fourth time at the all-you-can-eat buffet with her friends.
6. Whatever kind of clothes Susan buys, her younger sister buys also.
7. Tim tried fixing a broken part on his motorcycle for a few hours, then threw his wrench on the garage floor and began to swear.
8. Benjamin always invites Tony to go snowmobiling with him and his family on winter weekends.
Skill 6: Sharpening My Communication Skills