During the Middle School's Open House, the Teacher Told Her

question 106

Multiple Choice

During the middle school's open house, the teacher told her student's parents that she really liked their child. While saying this she had a very dirty look on her face. Through her ________, the teacher raised doubts as to whether she really liked the children.

• A) true communication
• B) verbal communication
• C) nonverbal communication
• D) ambivalent communication

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Definitions:

Correspondence Inference Theory

A psychological theory that explains how and why people draw inferences about the dispositional attributes of others based on observed behavior and its consequences.

Self-Serving Bias

Tendency to perceive our own behavior as more positive than others’ behavior.

Fundamental Attribution Error

Error that arises from attributing another person’s behavior to internal, controllable causes rather than to external, uncontrollable causes.

Stereotype

To place a person or group of persons into an inflexible, all-encompassing category.