Question 1

Men express more emotions via facial expressions than women.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Daniel is a First Nations student at a university. He grew up in his community and still lives there. He has run into conflict with a professor because he avoids eye contact with the professor and says very little. Considering his background, what does Daniel's behaviour most likely indicate?

Accepted Answer

A) respect 
B) boredom 
C) confusion 
D) inattentiveness 
A) respect 
B) boredom 
C) confusion 
D) inattentiveness

Question 3

Which term would describe the act of keeping silent while some of your work colleagues are turning their backs to start a new conversation each time one of your mutual peers speaks?

Accepted Answer

A) a slow-motion microexpression 
B) nonverbal bullying 
C) a manipulator 
D) a silence 
A) a slow-motion microexpression 
B) nonverbal bullying 
C) a manipulator 
D) a silence

Question 4

What outcomes were presented in an experiment involving students and a professor's office environment?

Accepted Answer

A) Students perceived professors who occupied sparsely decorated offices as being more credible than those occupying less attractive offices. 
B) Students perceived professors who occupied sparsely decorated offices as being less credible than those occupying less attractive offices. 
C) Students perceived professors who occupied well-decorated offices as being more credible than those occupying less attractive offices. 
D) Students perceived professors who occupied well-decorated offices as being less credible than those occupying less attractive offices. 
A) Students perceived professors who occupied sparsely decorated offices as being more credible than those occupying less attractive offices. 
B) Students perceived professors who occupied sparsely decorated offices as being less credible than those occupying less attractive offices. 
C) Students perceived professors who occupied well-decorated offices as being more credible than those occupying less attractive offices. 
D) Students perceived professors who occupied well-decorated offices as being less credible than those occupying less attractive offices.

Question 5

Using at least two of the types of nonverbal communication described in your text, and referring to your own experience, describe an incident which illustrates how nonverbal behaviour can be ambiguous. How could you or the other person involved reduce the ambiguity of that situation?

Accepted Answer

One incident that comes to mind is a sit

Question 6

Paralanguage is language used when working with children.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

You have turned to the side and slightly away from another person to signal that you are finished talking with them. What is this an example of?

Accepted Answer

A) body orientation 
B) gesture 
C) posture 
D) proxemics 
A) body orientation 
B) gesture 
C) posture 
D) proxemics

Question 8

Which term refers to movements in which one part of the body grooms, massages, rubs, holds, fidgets, pinches, picks, or otherwise manipulates another part?

Accepted Answer

A) emblems 
B) adaptors 
C) gestures 
D) illustrators 
A) emblems 
B) adaptors 
C) gestures 
D) illustrators

Question 9

When we are interested in something or someone, the pupils of our eyes get smaller.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Provide one example that Jessie Rose MacDonald discovered when she interviewed people in the
LGBTQI community regarding their courtship behaviours.

Accepted Answer

In her interviews with people in the LGB

Question 11

Which statement best describes the relationship between time-related behaviour and communication?

Accepted Answer

A) Time spent together is less important than some other nonverbal behaviours to relational satisfaction. 
B) Time spent together is important, but the time taken to respond to an email is not important in a relationship. 
C) Time spent together is important, and time taken to respond to an email is important. 
D) Frequent, quick replies to texts and emails make up for deficits in time spent together. 
A) Time spent together is less important than some other nonverbal behaviours to relational satisfaction. 
B) Time spent together is important, but the time taken to respond to an email is not important in a relationship. 
C) Time spent together is important, and time taken to respond to an email is important. 
D) Frequent, quick replies to texts and emails make up for deficits in time spent together.

Question 12

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 at her iPhone while you speak. What does her behaviour suggest?

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 what it indicates. 
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 what it indicates.

Question 13

According to social scientists, which statement describes an emblem?

Accepted Answer

A) brushing your hair 
B) crossing your legs 
C) leaning back in your chair 
D) putting your index finger over your lips 
A) brushing your hair 
B) crossing your legs 
C) leaning back in your chair 
D) putting your index finger over your lips

Question 14

Which of the following best describes Edward T. Hall's public 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 15

Nonverbal behaviour can initiate interaction or serve as feedback to prior messages.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Patterns of eye contact are fairly consistent across cultures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Emblems are nonverbal behaviours that have the same meaning to all members of a particular culture or co-culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Amber is late responding to an email from her colleague who works in a different city. How is her colleague likely to perceive this?

Accepted Answer

A) Her colleague won't notice. 
B) It may impact her colleague's feelings of trust toward Amber. 
C) It will likely be viewed positively by her colleague. 
D) Her colleague will keep emailing Amber until she receives a reply. 
A) Her colleague won't notice. 
B) It may impact her colleague's feelings of trust toward Amber. 
C) It will likely be viewed positively by her colleague. 
D) Her colleague will keep emailing Amber until she receives a reply.

Question 19

Which term refers to a nonverbal behaviour that is inconsistent with a verbal message?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

What is characteristic regarding men's nonverbal behaviour?

Accepted Answer

A) They gesture more often than women do. 
B) They require more personal space than women. 
C) They make more eye contact with conversational partners than women do. 
D) They are more likely than women to face conversational partners head-on. 
A) They gesture more often than women do. 
B) They require more personal space than women. 
C) They make more eye contact with conversational partners than women do. 
D) They are more likely than women to face conversational partners head-on.

Men express more emotions via facial expressions than women.

Daniel is a First Nations student at a university. He grew up in his community and still lives there. He has run into conflict with a professor because he avoids eye contact with the professor and says very little. Considering his background, what does Daniel's behaviour most likely indicate?

Which term would describe the act of keeping silent while some of your work colleagues are turning their backs to start a new conversation each time one of your mutual peers speaks?

What outcomes were presented in an experiment involving students and a professor's office environment?

Using at least two of the types of nonverbal communication described in your text, and referring to your own experience, describe an incident which illustrates how nonverbal behaviour can be ambiguous. How could you or the other person involved reduce the ambiguity of that situation?

Paralanguage is language used when working with children.

You have turned to the side and slightly away from another person to signal that you are finished talking with them. What is this an example of?

Which term refers to movements in which one part of the body grooms, massages, rubs, holds, fidgets, pinches, picks, or otherwise manipulates another part?

When we are interested in something or someone, the pupils of our eyes get smaller.

Provide one example that Jessie Rose MacDonald discovered when she interviewed people in the LGBTQI community regarding their courtship behaviours.

Which statement best describes the relationship between time-related behaviour and communication?

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 at her iPhone while you speak. What does her behaviour suggest?

According to social scientists, which statement describes an emblem?

Which of the following best describes Edward T. Hall's public distance zone?

Nonverbal behaviour can initiate interaction or serve as feedback to prior messages.

Patterns of eye contact are fairly consistent across cultures.

Emblems are nonverbal behaviours that have the same meaning to all members of a particular culture or co-culture.

Amber is late responding to an email from her colleague who works in a different city. How is her colleague likely to perceive this?

Which term refers to a nonverbal behaviour that is inconsistent with a verbal message?

What is characteristic regarding men's nonverbal behaviour?

A First Look at Interpersonal Communication

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

Men express more emotions via facial expressions than women.

Daniel is a First Nations student at a university. He grew up in his community and still lives there. He has run into conflict with a professor because he avoids eye contact with the professor and says very little. Considering his background, what does Daniel's behaviour most likely indicate?

Which term would describe the act of keeping silent while some of your work colleagues are turning their backs to start a new conversation each time one of your mutual peers speaks?

What outcomes were presented in an experiment involving students and a professor's office environment?

Using at least two of the types of nonverbal communication described in your text, and referring to your own experience, describe an incident which illustrates how nonverbal behaviour can be ambiguous. How could you or the other person involved reduce the ambiguity of that situation?

Paralanguage is language used when working with children.

You have turned to the side and slightly away from another person to signal that you are finished talking with them. What is this an example of?

Which term refers to movements in which one part of the body grooms, massages, rubs, holds, fidgets, pinches, picks, or otherwise manipulates another part?

When we are interested in something or someone, the pupils of our eyes get smaller.

Provide one example that Jessie Rose MacDonald discovered when she interviewed people in the LGBTQI community regarding their courtship behaviours.

Which statement best describes the relationship between time-related behaviour and communication?

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 at her iPhone while you speak. What does her behaviour suggest?

According to social scientists, which statement describes an emblem?

Which of the following best describes Edward T. Hall's public distance zone?

Nonverbal behaviour can initiate interaction or serve as feedback to prior messages.

Patterns of eye contact are fairly consistent across cultures.

Emblems are nonverbal behaviours that have the same meaning to all members of a particular culture or co-culture.

Amber is late responding to an email from her colleague who works in a different city. How is her colleague likely to perceive this?

Which term refers to a nonverbal behaviour that is inconsistent with a verbal message?

What is characteristic regarding men's nonverbal behaviour?

A First Look at Interpersonal Communication

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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