Asked by k

Allison, a very close friend of yours, is about to give a presentation to the class. You know that she has procrastinated and is not prepared, and that you will have to critique her performance afterwards. Which of the following is probably your best course of action?
a.
Practice effective listening and avoid letting your personal feelings keep you from being objective.
b.
Be as honest you can, but focus only on the positive to avoid hurting her feelings.
c.
Give feedback to her that she didn’t care about the topic, so she knows what attitude to fix next time.
d.
Offer to talk to her so she doesn’t have to hear any negative comments about her presentation.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
a.

Practice effective listening and avoid letting personal feelings keep you from being objective. This lets you give clear, specific, constructive feedback (using examples and actionable suggestions) while still being supportive as a friend.