For  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 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.