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Chapter 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Whereas we may evaluate others critically, we tend to judge ourselves more generously. Social scientists use two theories to explain this phenomenon: self-serving bias and __________. | fundamental attribution error |
| Gender refers to biological characteristics of a male or female. | False |
| Perception checking provides enough information to fully understand another person. | False |
| What do we call the affective dimension of empathy? | Emotional contagion |
| Research has found that people with cold dispositions have more difficulty interpreting and labeling the emotions of others than people with warm dispositions. | True |
| Everyone has a daily cycle in which all sorts of changes constantly occur, including variations in body temperature, sexual drive, alertness, and tolerance to stress. | True |
| "You haven't responded to my last email. I don't know if you're upset with me or if you didn't see my message." Which part would complete this perception check? | A request for clarification about the behavior |
| The straightforward approach of perception checking would have a stronger chance of working in a low-context culture like that of the United States. | True |
| Those who identify as queergender, transgender, bigender, or genderfluid resist __________ definitions of male and female. | binary |
| Research shows that men are generally more perceptive about interpreting others' nonverbal cues. | False |