Quick impressions of people we meet tend to change after we have been around them for a longer period of time

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Answer: False
Rationale: Using the thin-slices method, researchers found that participants who watched 30 seconds of a college lecture (without sound) gave instructor ratings that were remarkably similar to the end-of-semester ratings of that same class. Additional research has shown even higher levels of agreement when rating high school teachers and using even thinner slices.

Psychology

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a. balanced bilingualism b. communicative competence c. language negotiation d. mutual intelligibility

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In the _____ style, there is a strong interest in pursuing one's own goals and an equally strong interest in supporting the relationship and/or the goals of the other person

a. accommodating b. integrating c. dominating d. avoiding

Psychology