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= Premature Acknowledgement =

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occurs when you “coax” a person to talk after he has begun with a nod or a low “yes” you [[Definitions/ACK|ack]], make him [[Definitions/Forget|forget]], then make him believe you haven’t got it and then make him tell you at great length. He feels bad and doesn’t cognite and may [[Definitions/ARC_Break|ARC break]]. Any [[Definitions/Habit|habit]] of agreeable noises and nods can be mistaken for [[Definitions/Acknowledgement|acknowledgement]], ends [[Definitions/Cycle|cycle]] on the speaker, causes him to forget, feel dull, believe the listener is stupid, get cross, get exhausted explaining and [[Definitions/ARC|ARC]] break. The [[Definitions/Missed_Withhold|missed withhold]] is inadvertent. One didn’t get a chance to say what one was going to say because one was stopped by premature acknowledgement. Result, missed W/H in the speaker, with all its consequences. ([[Definitions/HCOB|HCOB]] 7 Apr 65)

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