Scully can tell Mulder is having a bad investigation day just by looking at how he's seated at his desk and is throwing pencils into the ceiling. She is focusing on the stimuli presented to her. This kind of competence is called:
A) interpretive competence.
B) goal competence.
C) self-competence.
D) message competence.

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Interpretive competence involves understanding and decoding non-verbal cues or messages, which is what Scully is doing by observing Mulder's behavior and deducing his mood.

Scully Can Tell Mulder Is Having a Bad Investigation Day