Exam 8: Language, Communication, and Emotion

Which of the following sex differences in written communication did Koppel and colleagues (2002) computer analysis of female and male writers discover?

The capacity to understand the minds of others and to know what they are thinking describes the ______ aspects of empathy.

Researchers find no sex differences in the expression of affiliative emotions, such as sympathy and warmth.

Livingston and Pierce (2009) argued that Black men who appear physically nonthreatening may have an advantage in seeking high status positions over other Black men because ______.

Linguist Nic Subtirelu found that authors use the trait ______ more often to describe women than men and the trait ______ more often to describe men and women.

Reviews of sex differences in emotional intelligence find (1) men estimate their emotional intelligence is ______ than women do (2) women score ______ than men on measures of emotional intelligence.

Analyses of how men and women communicate on social media reveals each of the following EXCEPT ______.

Individuals with different language or dialect options across multiple identities tend to engage in ______.

In general, sex differences in nonverbal behaviors are fairly consistent with gender role stereotypes and expectations.

Simpson and Stroh (2004) found what difference among male and female managers likelihoods of expressing or suppressing positive versus negative emotions?

Schwarz and colleagues sample of 700 million words, phrases, and topics in Facebook messages created word clouds to visually represent male and female communication. Briefly summarize sex differences in these word clouds.

Frazer and Miller's (2008) found that newspapers were more likely to use ______ when describing partner violence perpetrated by males than by females.

Wasserman and Weseley (2009) found that bilingual students reported more sexist attitudes when they completed a survey in ______ than ______.

Differences in ______ encourage(s) the expression of different emotions for boys and girls at a young age.

Explain how patterns in the use of passive voice when describing domestic violence and rape affect blame attributed to victims and perpetrators.

Gendered language influencing social expectations and perceptions is inconsistent with the Whorfian hypothesis.

Analyses indicate that the language use by reporters when describing domestic violence may unknowingly have what effect?

Greater permissibility of emotional expression in individualistic cultures primarily extends to what group?

Women are stereotyped as more nonverbally ______ than men.

Which of the following best describes sex differences in conversational interruptions?