Exam 5: Messages: Verbal and Nonverbal Support

The study of how humans use their personal space is called:

Explicitly stated conclusions are more effective than those that an audience has to discern for themselves.

According to Brockriede, the seducer is the perfect persuader because he or she acts bilaterally.

Tony Schwartz believed that traditional rules of communication are flawed because we do not put messages into people's heads, but evoke a responsive chord already in the receiver.

Intentional fallacies result from outright lying, quoting out of context, or omitting key words from a sentence.

Nonverbal communication that contradicts the verbal message is called a mixed message.

Figures don't lie, but liars figure.

Describe and evaluate five different forms of evidence that can be used to support a claim.

Common forms of evidence include which of the following?

Explain what a fallacy is and give examples of five different types of fallacies.

Eye avoidance is often a sign of embarrassment or shame.

According to James McCroskey, reluctant testimony is not more valid than unbiased testimony.

When we smell a cologne or perfume that reminds us of a former lover, we are pushed into this recall by which nonverbal code?

Staring is a sign of flirtation or confrontation.

An ad hominem fallacy is one that:

A slippery slope argument means that you reach your desired destination more rationally and easily.

The fallacy that means literally "it does not follow" is which of the following?

Verbal fillers are all right because they allow your head to catch up with your mouth.

Which of the following researchers attempted to construct an alphabet of nonverbal signs to analyze messages?

A deathbed confession would be an example of reluctant testimony.