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

1. Research has found that workers want different things in different countries. In the United
States, for example, workers want work/life balance.
2. According to the article on Speedreaching people, the more similar people are to us, the more
comfortable we are with them.
3. In the United States, the day-to-day communicative activities of men and women have
become more and more dissimilar in the last few decades.
4. Who we are affects our perception of a situation and our beliefs about how we and others
should react.
5.Feminine communication cultures are more apt to accentuate instrumental goals, hierarchical
structure, individualistic goals, and competitive speech forms.
6. Gendered behavior can change as individuals find themselves in new situations that allow
them to try on new behaviors.


1. False
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. False
6. True

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