Brisa Practice I

BRISA PRACTICE II

Read each questions carefully and select the correct answer

​THE SCIENCE OF FRIENDSHIP

By Suzanne Degges White pH.D

Most researchers agree that friendship exist within the socio-emotional area and that it is characterized by interdependence and the voluntary nature of interactions.

There are two main categories of factors that influence our choice of potential friends: individual factors and environmental factors. Individual factors include such influences as openness, social skills, and similarity. Environmental factors include such as proximity, geography, activities, and life events.

We normally prefer friends who believe to be similar to ourselves and who have personalities that we enjoy being around, and research continues to support this preference as a good strategy: choosing friends such as these most likely reduces the possibility for interpesonal conflict.

Multiple Choice

This text is most likely taken from:

• A newspaper

• A science magazine

• A fasion magazine

• A social media post

Multiple Choice

The text informs readers about:

• how we choose friends

• why friendships are important

• friendship is a difficult thing to study

• steps to find friends

Multiple Choice

The word "interdependence" refers to the fact that...

• each person in a group of friends has different needs

• friends need other people as well

• friends need each other

• friends don´t really need each other

Multiple Choice

The word "openness" in the text can be understood as:

• sincerity or authority

• generosity or kindness

• tranquility or calmness

• respect or sense

Multiple Choice

The phrase "research continues to support..." can be substituded by...

• there is a serious book that says...

• everyones knows we must...

• there is scientific evidence that confirms the idea...

• some people believe that we should continue with...

Multiple Choice

From the first paragraph, we know that friendship can be describe as...

• natural way to connect to others

• an emotional connection we choose with others

• characteristic of all human beings

• a social event researched by experts

Multiple Choice

Two people become friends because they sat beside each other at school. This is a/an...

• environmental factor

• individual factor

• influence

• social skill

Multiple Choice

Choose the phrase that expresses the same idea as the one below:

"We normally prefer friends who we believe to be similar to ourselves".

• If we think people are like us, we may choose them as friends

• If someone pretends to be like us, we will choose them as friends

• People who look like us will become our friends

• When we think people are like us, they become our friends.

Multiple Choice

Mark the part of the sentence that needs a comma:

If people think in a similar way they don´t argue very often

• If people

• think in a similar way

• they don´t argue

• very often