Question 1

Illustrators are nonverbal behaviours that accompany and support verbal messages.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Paralanguage is language used when working with children.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The lack of nonverbal cues in email is a problem that has been solved through the use of emoticons,such as the happy face.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What can you infer from a stranger's smile?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are happy. 
B)  They are faking something. 
C)  They want to communicate. 
D)  You don't know what it means. 
A)  They are happy. 
B)  They are faking something. 
C)  They want to communicate. 
D)  You don't know what it means.

Question 5

You are a social worker at a community youth organization.Your co-worker insists that she is interested in what you are saying,but she keeps looking out the window while you speak.What does her behaviour mean?

Accepted Answer

A)  She is telling a lie. 
B)  She is bored with the conversation. 
C)  She is noticing something out the window. 
D)  You can't be certain of what it means. 
A)  She is telling a lie. 
B)  She is bored with the conversation. 
C)  She is noticing something out the window. 
D)  You can't be certain of what it means.

Question 6

According to your textbook,students learn more from teachers who do practise a particular communication skill.What do these teachers do?

Accepted Answer

A)  They use effective nonverbal communication. 
B)  They speak clearly when teaching. 
C)  They spend time with students outside of class. 
D)  They listen to student concerns. 
A)  They use effective nonverbal communication. 
B)  They speak clearly when teaching. 
C)  They spend time with students outside of class. 
D)  They listen to student concerns.

Question 7

What is a microexpression?

Accepted Answer

A)  a brief comment 
B)  a brief emotional outburst 
C)  a subtle nonverbal behaviour 
D)  a split-second facial expression 
A)  a brief comment 
B)  a brief emotional outburst 
C)  a subtle nonverbal behaviour 
D)  a split-second facial expression

Question 8

When you notice nonverbal deception cues,you can be sure the person is lying.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

In the "Observing What You See" reading in Chapter 6,the author details how she made inferences about a student she observed in a cafeteria.What is the main point of this reading?

Accepted Answer

A)  You can infer many things from people's nonverbal behaviour. 
B)  Young people are more nonverbally expressive than older adults. 
C)  Inferences based on nonverbal behaviour must be treated with caution. 
D)  Nonverbal behaviour is an accurate way to gain information about other people. 
A)  You can infer many things from people's nonverbal behaviour. 
B)  Young people are more nonverbally expressive than older adults. 
C)  Inferences based on nonverbal behaviour must be treated with caution. 
D)  Nonverbal behaviour is an accurate way to gain information about other people.

Question 10

Jamie is a social worker at the hospital.She visits a female patient to make sure she is ok and the patient's husband stands very close to Jamie.This makes Jamie uncomfortable.What reason explains Jamie's discomfort?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jamie is worried the husband finds her attractive. 
B)  Jamie feels threatened by the husband. 
C)  He has violated the public distance spatial zone. 
D)  He has violated the personal distance spatial zone. 
A)  Jamie is worried the husband finds her attractive. 
B)  Jamie feels threatened by the husband. 
C)  He has violated the public distance spatial zone. 
D)  He has violated the personal distance spatial zone.

Question 11

What have studies of physical attractiveness demonstrated?

Accepted Answer

A)  There is no difference in the treatment of attractive and unattractive people. 
B)  Men who are attractive have more advantages than women who are attractive. 
C)  Both men and women whom others find attractive are rated as being more sensitive, kind, strong, sociable, and interesting. 
D)  Unattractive people have greater career success. 
A)  There is no difference in the treatment of attractive and unattractive people. 
B)  Men who are attractive have more advantages than women who are attractive. 
C)  Both men and women whom others find attractive are rated as being more sensitive, kind, strong, sociable, and interesting. 
D)  Unattractive people have greater career success.

Question 12

There are more nonverbal than verbal messages available to you in a communication exchange.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What is a characteristic of nonverbal behaviour?

Accepted Answer

A)  clear and unambiguous 
B)  primarily relational 
C)  has communicative value 
D)  less important than verbal skills 
A)  clear and unambiguous 
B)  primarily relational 
C)  has communicative value 
D)  less important than verbal skills

Question 14

Different emotions show most clearly in various parts of the face.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Ami hasn't completed her paper for her Interpersonal Communications class and it is due today.Ami comes up with an elaborate story for her professor.Ami's professor suspects that Ami is lying because she changes her story and she is speaking very softly.What is Ami's behaviour an example of?

Accepted Answer

A)  contradicting 
B)  mixed messages 
C)  leakage 
D)  regulating 
A)  contradicting 
B)  mixed messages 
C)  leakage 
D)  regulating

Question 16

What is the increased use of adaptors often a sign of?

Accepted Answer

A)  discomfort 
B)  flexibility 
C)  inferiority 
D)  power 
A)  discomfort 
B)  flexibility 
C)  inferiority 
D)  power

Question 17

Vlad is looking to buy a new home.He is very drawn to one house in particular where the owners had baked bread before Vlad looked at the home.What is influencing Vlad?

Accepted Answer

A)  territoriality 
B)  proxemics 
C)  chronemics 
D)  olfactics 
A)  territoriality 
B)  proxemics 
C)  chronemics 
D)  olfactics

Question 18

Which of the following best describes Hall's personal distance zone?

Accepted Answer

A)  skin contact to 45 centimetres 
B)  45 centimetres to 1.2 metres 
C)  1.2 to 3.6 metres 
D)  outward from 3.6 metres 
A)  skin contact to 45 centimetres 
B)  45 centimetres to 1.2 metres 
C)  1.2 to 3.6 metres 
D)  outward from 3.6 metres

Question 19

Posture is the least ambiguous type of nonverbal behaviour.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Most communication scholars don't define American Sign Language as nonverbal communication.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Illustrators are nonverbal behaviours that accompany and support verbal messages.

Paralanguage is language used when working with children.

The lack of nonverbal cues in email is a problem that has been solved through the use of emoticons,such as the happy face.

What can you infer from a stranger's smile?

You are a social worker at a community youth organization.Your co-worker insists that she is interested in what you are saying,but she keeps looking out the window while you speak.What does her behaviour mean?

According to your textbook,students learn more from teachers who do practise a particular communication skill.What do these teachers do?

What is a microexpression?

When you notice nonverbal deception cues,you can be sure the person is lying.

In the "Observing What You See" reading in Chapter 6,the author details how she made inferences about a student she observed in a cafeteria.What is the main point of this reading?

Jamie is a social worker at the hospital.She visits a female patient to make sure she is ok and the patient's husband stands very close to Jamie.This makes Jamie uncomfortable.What reason explains Jamie's discomfort?

What have studies of physical attractiveness demonstrated?

There are more nonverbal than verbal messages available to you in a communication exchange.

What is a characteristic of nonverbal behaviour?

Different emotions show most clearly in various parts of the face.

Ami hasn't completed her paper for her Interpersonal Communications class and it is due today.Ami comes up with an elaborate story for her professor.Ami's professor suspects that Ami is lying because she changes her story and she is speaking very softly.What is Ami's behaviour an example of?

What is the increased use of adaptors often a sign of?

Vlad is looking to buy a new home.He is very drawn to one house in particular where the owners had baked bread before Vlad looked at the home.What is influencing Vlad?

Which of the following best describes Hall's personal distance zone?

Posture is the least ambiguous type of nonverbal behaviour.

Most communication scholars don't define American Sign Language as nonverbal communication.

A First Look at Interpersonal Communications

Communication and Identity: Creating and Presenting the Self

Perception: What You See Is What You Get

Emotions: Feeling, Thinking, and Communicating

Language: Barrier and Bridge

Listening: More Than Meets the Ear

Communication and Relational Dynamics

Improving Communication Climates

Managing Interpersonal Conflicts

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Exam 6: Nonverbal Communication: Messages Beyond Words

Illustrators are nonverbal behaviours that accompany and support verbal messages.

Paralanguage is language used when working with children.

The lack of nonverbal cues in email is a problem that has been solved through the use of emoticons,such as the happy face.

What can you infer from a stranger's smile?

You are a social worker at a community youth organization.Your co-worker insists that she is interested in what you are saying,but she keeps looking out the window while you speak.What does her behaviour mean?

According to your textbook,students learn more from teachers who do practise a particular communication skill.What do these teachers do?

What is a microexpression?

When you notice nonverbal deception cues,you can be sure the person is lying.

In the "Observing What You See" reading in Chapter 6,the author details how she made inferences about a student she observed in a cafeteria.What is the main point of this reading?

Jamie is a social worker at the hospital.She visits a female patient to make sure she is ok and the patient's husband stands very close to Jamie.This makes Jamie uncomfortable.What reason explains Jamie's discomfort?

What have studies of physical attractiveness demonstrated?

There are more nonverbal than verbal messages available to you in a communication exchange.

What is a characteristic of nonverbal behaviour?

Different emotions show most clearly in various parts of the face.

Ami hasn't completed her paper for her Interpersonal Communications class and it is due today.Ami comes up with an elaborate story for her professor.Ami's professor suspects that Ami is lying because she changes her story and she is speaking very softly.What is Ami's behaviour an example of?

What is the increased use of adaptors often a sign of?

Vlad is looking to buy a new home.He is very drawn to one house in particular where the owners had baked bread before Vlad looked at the home.What is influencing Vlad?

Which of the following best describes Hall's personal distance zone?

Posture is the least ambiguous type of nonverbal behaviour.

Most communication scholars don't define American Sign Language as nonverbal communication.

A First Look at Interpersonal Communications

Communication and Identity: Creating and Presenting the Self

Perception: What You See Is What You Get

Emotions: Feeling, Thinking, and Communicating

Language: Barrier and Bridge

Listening: More Than Meets the Ear

Communication and Relational Dynamics

Improving Communication Climates

Managing Interpersonal Conflicts

Filters