Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Women tend to create and express closeness through personal, self- disclosive talk. Men rely more on instrumental displays of affection.
2. For women, ongoing conversation about feelings and daily activities is a primary way to express personal relationships, but men find it pointless to talk unless there is a problem.
3. There is cultural bias toward feminine forms of expressing love, often not recognizing instrumental displays of affection.
4. Lesbian and gay couples may share perspectives about how to communicate affection. Lesbians generally build the most expressive and nurturing communication climates of any type of couple.
5. Masculine individuals tend to want greater autonomy and less connection than feminine people, whose relative priorities are generally the reverse.


1. T
2. T
3. T
4. T
5. T

Sociology

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