Gretchen is on a first date with Jim. She was surprised to learn that he wants to have children and be a stay-at-home dad because she believed that men preferred careers to family life. She has been overgeneralizing men in a process known as

a. misinterpreting.
b. stereotyping.
c. representing.
d. attributing


Ans: b. stereotyping.

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Sharon is a college professor and always smiles when greeting students in her office regardless of whether they are there to get extra help on an assignment or complain about a grade. Sharon could be described as which type of expressor?

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