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Sure, I know how to talk to people!
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This free course was written by Dr Zoë Walkington. It was first published in November 2019.

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Figure 2: taken from: Why tough tactics fail and rapport gets results: Observing Rapport-Based Interpersonal Techniques (ORBIT) to generate useful information from terrorists; Alison, Laurence J.,Alison, Emily,Noone, Geraldine,Elntib, Stamatis,Christiansen, Paul Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, Vol 19(4), Nov 2013, 411-431

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