Tamara and Elliott Are at a Party and They Decide

question 24

Multiple Choice

Tamara and Elliott are at a party and they decide this is the perfect place to conduct their sociology experiment for their research paper. They want to know if there are any differences in communication styles by sex. In their observation that night they probably witnessed all of the following EXCEPT:

• A)women tended to smile more often and express a wider range of emotions
• B)women did the most talking and interrupted more often
• C)women use more qualifiers, e.g., "somewhat; kind of; I guess"
• D)men initiated topics more often
• E)men told more jokes

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