Exam 7: Nonverbal Communication

One characteristic of nonverbal communication is "all behavior has communicative value." Describe two incidents from your experience which illustrate both deliberate and unintentional meaning derived from nonverbal communication in these two incidents.Identify the nonverbal behaviors that occurred.Identify the meanings you did/did not intend to convey and the meanings that were conveyed from your perspective and that of your partner in each incident.

Generally, facing someone directly signals your interest in that person.

If you get within one foot of someone else in U.S.culture, you are in the proximity range of their intimate zone, according to researcher Edward T.Hall.

Imagine that you have been commissioned to design a new campus center.What sort of communication should take place there? What kinds of furnishings and decorations would you suggest to increase the likelihood of this communication occurring? What messages would your choice of designs and decorations communicate?​

According to research cited in your text, touch and health are not related.

Silence or pauses count as nonverbal communication.

In social transactions, the higher status person is generally the more rigid, tense-appearing one, whereas the one with lower status is usually more relaxed.

Which of the following is an accurate statement about the way some women's voices rise in pitch at the end of a sentence?​

Pupil dilation can be a sign of deception.

Gender has a strong influence on nonverbal communication.Explain the differences between men and women in this area.Include your personal experiences in your discussion.

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

All of the following are true about the voice and communication except which one?​

The design and environment of rooms​

Nodding, looking away, or moving toward the door are nonverbal behaviors that illustrate the nonverbal function of​

Proxemics is the study of

Amber wants to make a sale.According to the nonverbal information presented in Chapter 6, to get compliance from a customer she might try​

It is possible to recognize paralinguistic messages, even if you don't understand the language being spoken.

Which if the following is not true of deception detection?

Althea shrugs her shoulders in response to Nicole's question.Althea is using a function of nonverbal communication known as​

Nonverbal cues are especially likely to carry a lot of weight when they contradict a speaker's words.