Jennifer confronted her boyfriend about rumors that he was cheating on her with one of her friends. Because he maintained eye contact with her throughout their conversation and seemed sincere in his denial, Jennifer should conclude that
a. her boyfriend must be telling the truth, because maintaining eye contact is a good sign of honesty
b. her boyfriend is obviously lying, as maintaining eye contact is a reliable sign of dishonesty.
c. her boyfriend may or may not be telling the truth, because eye contact might signify either honesty or dominance.
d. she should have paid more attention to his words than to his body language, as body language is easier to fake than verbal behavior.
c
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The personality traits associated with high social status in groups that determine status by means of prestige hierarchies are _______.
a. narcissism and disagreeableness b. conscientiousness and self-esteem c. punctuality and neatness d. none of the above
A theory that divides human behavior into two basic traits, introversion and extraversion, was probably formulated by a __________ psychologist
a. developmental c. human factors b. personality d. clinical
Pseudodepression appears after lesions of the ________ frontal lobe
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
During the Korean War, the Communist Chinese used which of the following techniques on prisoners of war to coerce them to sign false confessions?
a. cognitive dissonance
b. mass media persuasion
c. brainwashing
d. cult conversion