After an awkward get-together with the in-laws, you respond to your spouse's criticism about your comments at dinner by noting your glowing student evaluations as a professor. This scenario illustrates which principle about communication competence?
A) Competence can be learned.
B) Competence is situational.
C) Competence requires cognitive complexity.
D) Competence involves self-monitoring.

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Competence is situational, meaning that being skilled in one communication context (like teaching) doesn't necessarily translate to being skilled in another (like family gatherings).

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