Howard Giles' Communication Accommodation Theory Select one: a. advocates mindfulness. b. contrasts Western and Asian ways of thinking. c. explains why collectivist and individualistic cultures have difficulty reaching agreement. d. claims that when another group is attractive and powerful, we adapt our communication style to their speech behaviors and norms. e. contends that ethnocentrism and stereotyping leads to racism.

d. claims that when another group is attractive and powerful, we adapt our communication style to their speech behaviors and norms

Explanation:

Howard Giles' Communication Accommodation Theory claims that when another group is attractive and powerful, we adapt our communication style to their speech behaviors and norms.

According to this theory, Howard Giles believed that as individuals, we adapt to the communicative behaviors of each other so that ther can be a reduction in our social differences.

Therefore, the correct option is D.

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