What is it called when a question is asked and answered?
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What is it called when a question is asked and answered?
The word is maieutics, also known as the Socratic method, answering a question with a question, often to invoke more thought into the questioner, to answer the questions they ask themselves.
What to say when someone asks you a question you don’t want to answer?
Good ways to say anything but “No Comment” to questions you really don’t want to answer:
- “I’m sorry but I’m not able to speak to that subject”
- “Thanks for asking but I’m not able to answer that question”
- “I’m sorry but that information is proprietary”
Is it rude to answer a question with why?
To answer a question with a question, outside of stated exceptions, usually means you don’t intend to answer the question at all. Whatever your reasons, you are intentionally offending this person in hopes they no longer want you to answer the question.
What is it called when someone keeps asking you questions?
Originally Answered: What do you call a person who keeps asking questions? The straight up, direct answer to your question is “inquisitive”. An inquisitive person is one given to asking questions. There are other words to call such a person but they depend on their attitude and the feelings they elicit in others.
What do you call someone who keeps asking questions?
Originally Answered: What do you call a person who keeps asking questions? The straight up, direct answer to your question is “inquisitive”. An inquisitive person is one given to asking questions.
What do you call a person who asks a lot of questions?
Someone who is inquisitive asks a lot of questions and is genuinely curious about things.
Why is it rude to ask why?
In some contexts, it could be condescending. Here’s several different examples of what “why” adds to the statement. It is easy to sound archaic or condescending, so take care where you use it. Beginning an answer with the word “why” is not inherently rude; the answer could be rude because of its content, of course.
Why do some people refuse to answer certain questions?
Ulterior motives often influence the way that certain people answer certain questions. As people learn to be more sly, they’ll realize that simply refusing to answer questions can get them into just as much trouble as voicing the painful truth. Those listening, can make assumptions based on one’s lack of desire to answer a certain tough question.
Why do people ask questions?
Here are seven reasons that people ask questions. Only the first one is because they want to know the answer. Reason number 1: They want to know the answer to the question. So this is the straightforward reason. They ask “When will this report be finished?” and they want a straight answer: “Tomorrow at 12noon.”
Why don’t people give straight answers to questions?
People who don’t give straight answers to questions sidestep the pillars your questions are built on. They may address some, or most, of the pillars that support your questions, but will never address all of them in one answer.
Why do we ask ‘why’ in response to problems?
When we ask why in response to problems, the explanation can solidify the rationale for the problem and nudges them further into permanent ownership of the problem. We’ve invited the problem to gain power over them.