While Talking to a Friend at a Party, You Notice

question 40

Multiple Choice

While talking to a friend at a party, you notice that your romantic partner has just arrived. Eager to greet your partner, you angle your posture away from your friend and toward your partner. That movement

• A) is culturally insensitive, especially to members of high-contact cultures.
• B) is a form of leave-taking behavior known as left-positioning.
• C) incorrectly suggests to your friend that your partner is more important than he or she is.
• D) All of these answers are correct.

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Definitions:

Objective Introspection

A process in early psychology, involving the examination and observation of one's own mental and emotional processes from an objective standpoint.

Unconscious Mind

A part of the mind that is not accessible to conscious thought, often influencing behaviors and decisions without one's awareness.

Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic approach originated by Sigmund Freud, focusing on unconscious processes as they are manifested in a person's present behavior.

Functionalism

A school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable an organism to adapt, survive, and flourish.