Barry Wellman and Milena Guila find that Internet generally reduces social trustas we cannot readily verify if people are telling the truth in chat rooms and on social networking sites.
a. true
b. false
Question 2Significant as a tell-tale sign of the power relationships within couples,
_____________.
a. women had to turn the tape-recorders on and off
b. women directed their husbands when to turn the tape-recorders on and off
c. men usually set up the tape-recorders and turned them on and off
d. men sometimes turned the tape-recorders on without the women's knowledge (and the reverse was never true)
e. both c and d
Question 3When speaking to women, men are more likely than women to ______________.
a. use relaxed posture
b. touch
c. stare
d. lack self-disclosure
e. all of the above
Question 4The learner in Milgram's experiment was strapped to his chair.
a. true
b. false
Question 5Fishman argues that the nature of conversations between men and women are reflective of ________.
a. a strong undercurrent of sexual attraction
b. gender inequality in the greater society
c. the styles they learn from the mass media
d. strong biological imperatives
e. all of the above
Question 6To broaden the applicability of her findings, Fishman used a variety of couples
Asian, African-American, and white, spanning a wide range of ages (20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s).
a. true
b. false
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