Exam 6: Nonverbal Communication: Messages Beyond Words

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 does she conclude?

According to research, what increases positive impressions, task compliance, and even the tips a waiter receives?

What is haptics the study of?

According to your text, some researchers claim that 93 percent of the emotional impact of a message comes from nonverbal sources.

When is nonverbal evidence of lying most likely to occur?

One way to signal a desire to avoid involvement when forced into intimate distance with another is to position yourself in an indirect body orientation.

Pupil dilation can be a sign of interest.

Who is most likely to receive a negative response when approaching a passerby in public?

Discuss how smells influence our communication. Provide personal examples of how smell has impacted your communication.

Children as young as three agree about who is attractive and unattractive.

What have studies of physical attractiveness demonstrated?

Discuss the importance of nonverbal communication in the workplace. How has nonverbal communication impacted you either positively or negatively in your workplace?

Researchers have found nonverbal convergence impossible when dealing with members of different cultures.

Peter always likes to sit at the same desk. This is an example of territoriality.

According to your text, people generally get more social meaning from what others do than from what they say.

Chronemics refers to the usage of time.

Match each description below with the term it best describes. a.chronemics b.vocal filler c.emblem d.illustrator e.kinesics f.proxemics g.touch -Waving, shaking head or finger

Mary is attending a semester abroad in Italy. She is trying everything she can think of to avoid giving one of her classmates, Mario, the idea that she is interested in him romantically. She is avoiding Mario, speaking less often with him, avoiding eye contact, etc. Despite Mary's effort, Mario isn't getting the message. Why isn't Mario receiving Mary's message?

Heather is studying for a test for her Child and Youth Worker program. She has decided to wear a certain perfume while she studies and she will wear the same perfume when she writes the test. Why is she doing this?

Illustrators are nonverbal behaviours that accompany and support verbal messages.