For myths and misconceptions identify if true or false then explain why
For myths and misconceptions identify if true or false then explain why give an example that proves your answer.
EXAMPLE:
Actions speak louder than words.
True – When students watched videotapes of people whose self-descriptions conflicted with their actual behavior on characteristics such as “shy” and “friendly,” their judgments were influenced much more strongly by what the people did than what they said.
2. Beauty is only skin deep.
False – Attractive people turn out to have higher self-esteem and to be better treated than less attractive people. (We discuss the issue of physical attractiveness in detail in Chapter 16.
3. Cry and you cry alone.
True – Students who had talked on the phone to depressed people are not interested in spending
time with these people, compared to students who had talked to non-depressed people.
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Actions speak louder than words
True- When parents tell their children that they love them, it may not mean a lot than when their words of love are proved by their actions of kindness, love and forgiveness.
Beauty is only skin deep
False- Beauty is something that pleases a person. This may be what can be seen, observed or perceived. If a student exhibit good behaviors and good moral reasoning, even though she may not have good looks, her behaviors…
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