Define thin slicing and provide an example to illustrate the concept
What will be an ideal response?
When we use the concept of thin slicing, we sample a little bit of someone's behavior
and then generalize as to what the person may be like based on the brief information we have
observed. For example, in his history class, Jacobi finds Professor Lincoln to be friendly and
easy to understand in his lectures, and the professor stands closer to students than many
professors in a lecture hall. Jacobi determines, through thin slicing, that Professor Lincoln is an
excellent professor and is knowledgeable about the course material.
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A. 2 weeks B. 4 weeks C. 6 weeks D. 8 weeks
In Kinser's study of her own life experience, she notes that
a. Knowledge about sexuality assures that parents will always know how to talk about it b. Even with careful consideration, parents may find discussing sexuality to be difficult and complex at times c. Talking about sexuality with female and male children is, for mothers, almost exactly the same d. Parent-child communication about sexuality should ideally start at puberty to be most successful e. Using metaphors for sexuality is the healthiest way to address the issues
The sum total of a person's knowledge and understanding of his or her self is termed
a. self-esteem. b. self-concept. c. self-image. d. self-monitoring.
What use does a reporter have of FAQs?
a. They are an easy way to get information from an organization's web site b. A reporter can copy and paste a FAQ into his or her article in lieu of actually writinganything c. Reporters can't use FAQs because they are notoriously unreliable d. By using a FAQs machine a reporter can send documents over phone lines