Tannen, deborah. the argument culture. toronto: random house, 1998. question 1 options: “in the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas” (tannen 7). “in the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas” (7). “in the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas” (the argument culture 7). “in the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas” (tannen, 1998, p. 7).