Ginger's new roommate tends to wink a lot at the end of sentences to indicate that she is joking.After living together for a few weeks,Ginger unconsciously begins to wink when she makes a joke.This is an example of

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The chameleon effect is the unconscious mimicry of behavior, mannerisms, speech patterns, and facial expressions of others. In this case, Ginger is unconsciously copying her roommate's way of indicating a joke by winking, which is an example of the chameleon effect. It is not cognitive dissonance (conflicting beliefs), social facilitation (enhancing performance in front of others), or groupthink (conformity in a group).

Ginger's New Roommate Tends to Wink a Lot at the End