In Her Tutorial Class, Sue Signals Her Attention by Nodding

question 58

Multiple Choice

In her tutorial class, Sue signals her attention by nodding, making supportive sounds and by looking at the tutor. Inwardly, she is quite bored. Sue is using:

• A) back-channel communication.
• B) intimacy equilibrium.
• C) the de Jong feedback loop.
• D) impression management.

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Definitions:

Behavioral Perspective

An approach to psychology that focuses on observable behaviors and the ways in which they are learned.

Observable Responses

Measurable actions or reactions of an organism in response to external or internal stimuli.

Conscious Processes

Mental activities of which an individual is aware, involving perception, thinking, and remembering.

Hindsight Bias

The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that we would have foreseen it. (Also known as the I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon.)