Dianne and Matt Are Lost While Driving to Some Friends

question 11

Multiple Choice

Dianne and Matt are lost while driving to some friends' house. Matt will not stop to ask for directions as Dianne wants him to. This chapter-opening story illustrates the pattern that

• A) social interaction is actually mostly random.
• B) men and women may have disagreements about who should drive.
• C) men avoid asking for directions because it makes them dependent on someone else.
• D) men are more interested in connectedness than women are.

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