Rosa recently changed schools from a very large public university to a much smaller private college. She is used to very large lectures with hundreds of students, so the smaller classes at her new school are a bit foreign to her. For the first few weeks of the semester, she remains quiet and observes the behaviors of her classmates to determine the social rules inherent in her new academic environment. What aspect of communication competence is Rosa attending to as she assesses the rules for behavior so that she can better fit in with her classmates?
A) fidelity
B) appropriateness
C) satisfaction
D) effectiveness

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Rosa is attending to appropriateness, which refers to the degree to which communication fits the social norms and expectations of a given situation. By observing her classmates' behavior, she is trying to learn the appropriate behavior for her new academic environment so that she can fit in and be seen as competent.

Rosa Recently Changed Schools from a Very Large Public University