Question 1

What are anthropologist Edward T. Hall's distance zones?

Accepted Answer

A) intimate, personal, social, and public 
B) intimate, nonintimate, social, and public 
C) open, blind, hidden, and unknown 
D) personal, impersonal, social, and public 
A) intimate, personal, social, and public 
B) intimate, nonintimate, social, and public 
C) open, blind, hidden, and unknown 
D) personal, impersonal, social, and public

Question 2

Many nonverbal messages are sent unintentionally.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

According to the text, nonverbal communication is a major part of "emotional intelligence."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

How is nonverbal communication related to perception?

Accepted Answer

A) People who perceive better exhibit more nonverbal behaviours. 
B) Cultural factors influence how we perceive much nonverbal behaviour. 
C) We can't perceive most nonverbal behaviours without verbal explanation. 
D) We perceive only the nonverbal behaviours in others that we exhibit ourselves. 
A) People who perceive better exhibit more nonverbal behaviours. 
B) Cultural factors influence how we perceive much nonverbal behaviour. 
C) We can't perceive most nonverbal behaviours without verbal explanation. 
D) We perceive only the nonverbal behaviours in others that we exhibit ourselves.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following are functions of nonverbal communication?

Accepted Answer

A) accenting and intensifying 
B) adding and substituting 
C) complementing and detracting 
D) repeating and contradicting 
A) accenting and intensifying 
B) adding and substituting 
C) complementing and detracting 
D) repeating and contradicting

Question 7

Contradicting is nonverbal behaviour that is inconsistent with a verbal message.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which term refers to deliberate nonverbal behaviours with precise meanings known to virtually all members of a cultural group?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

Accenting is nonverbal behaviour that reinforces a verbal message.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What does the term "chronemics" refer to?

Accepted Answer

A) how people use age 
B) how people use colour 
C) how people use space 
D) how people use time 
A) how people use age 
B) how people use colour 
C) how people use space 
D) how people use time

Question 11

Which of the following is a component of nonverbal communication?

Accepted Answer

A) language 
B) mediated communication 
C) sign language 
D) volume, rate, and pitch of speech 
A) language 
B) mediated communication 
C) sign language 
D) volume, rate, and pitch of speech

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 13

What is the act of shaking your head in disagreement with an example of?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 14

Imagine you are about to make a speech in which you hope to impress your audience and influence their opinions. Using the types of nonverbal communication in the text, describe the behaviours you will try to use while giving your speech.

Accepted Answer

As I prepare to deliver my speech, I wil

Question 15

Brief expressions that flit across a subject's face in as short a time as it takes to blink an eye are called adaptors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Safeway workers were asked to smile and make eye contact with customers. What did customers often assume about these workers?

Accepted Answer

A) They were faking it. 
B) They were flirting. 
C) They were happy. 
D) They were overconfident. 
A) They were faking it. 
B) They were flirting. 
C) They were happy. 
D) They were overconfident.

Question 17

Which term refers to a nonverbal behaviour that signals the untruthfulness of a verbal message?

Accepted Answer

A) leakage 
B) mixed message 
C) deception cues 
D) contradicting 
A) leakage 
B) mixed message 
C) deception cues 
D) contradicting

Question 18

Discuss Hall's four distance zones that we use in our everyday lives. How does choosing the right distance for the situation impact your communication? Provide specific examples.

Accepted Answer

Edward T. Hall, an anthropologist, intro

Question 19

There are at least eight distinguishable positions of the eyebrows and forehead.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

What are anthropologist Edward T. Hall's distance zones?

Many nonverbal messages are sent unintentionally.

According to the text, nonverbal communication is a major part of "emotional intelligence."

How is nonverbal communication related to perception?

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

Which of the following are functions of nonverbal communication?

Contradicting is nonverbal behaviour that is inconsistent with a verbal message.

Which term refers to deliberate nonverbal behaviours with precise meanings known to virtually all members of a cultural group?

Accenting is nonverbal behaviour that reinforces a verbal message.

What does the term "chronemics" refer to?

Which of the following is a component of nonverbal communication?

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

What is the act of shaking your head in disagreement with an example of?

Imagine you are about to make a speech in which you hope to impress your audience and influence their opinions. Using the types of nonverbal communication in the text, describe the behaviours you will try to use while giving your speech.

Brief expressions that flit across a subject's face in as short a time as it takes to blink an eye are called adaptors.

Safeway workers were asked to smile and make eye contact with customers. What did customers often assume about these workers?

Which term refers to a nonverbal behaviour that signals the untruthfulness of a verbal message?

Discuss Hall's four distance zones that we use in our everyday lives. How does choosing the right distance for the situation impact your communication? Provide specific examples.

There are at least eight distinguishable positions of the eyebrows and forehead.

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?

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

What are anthropologist Edward T. Hall's distance zones?

Many nonverbal messages are sent unintentionally.

According to the text, nonverbal communication is a major part of "emotional intelligence."

How is nonverbal communication related to perception?

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

Which of the following are functions of nonverbal communication?

Contradicting is nonverbal behaviour that is inconsistent with a verbal message.

Which term refers to deliberate nonverbal behaviours with precise meanings known to virtually all members of a cultural group?

Accenting is nonverbal behaviour that reinforces a verbal message.

What does the term "chronemics" refer to?

Which of the following is a component of nonverbal communication?

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

What is the act of shaking your head in disagreement with an example of?

Imagine you are about to make a speech in which you hope to impress your audience and influence their opinions. Using the types of nonverbal communication in the text, describe the behaviours you will try to use while giving your speech.

Brief expressions that flit across a subject's face in as short a time as it takes to blink an eye are called adaptors.

Safeway workers were asked to smile and make eye contact with customers. What did customers often assume about these workers?

Which term refers to a nonverbal behaviour that signals the untruthfulness of a verbal message?

Discuss Hall's four distance zones that we use in our everyday lives. How does choosing the right distance for the situation impact your communication? Provide specific examples.

There are at least eight distinguishable positions of the eyebrows and forehead.

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?

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

Filters