Deck 6: Nonverbal Communication

Question 1

Nonverbal communication is described as an analogic code system because this type of communication:

A) has arbitrary connections to that to which it refers
B) is relatively precise
C) resembles that to which it refers
D) all of the above are correct.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Haptics are nonverbal cues relating to _________.

A) gestures
B) touch
C) pitch
D) posture

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Research shows that people convey dominance or power through a loud voice and changes in the pitch of their voice while speaking. Which channel of nonverbal behavior is the focus of this research?

A) Kinesics
B) Haptics
C) Paralanguage
D) Proxemics

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Misty is very excited to get a voicemail from her friend Nick, asking her out on a date. She has long hoped that Nick would ask her out. However, she doesn't want him to think she is too eager (because that might look desperate). So, rather than responding immediately, she waits about an hour to respond. What type of nonverbal code is Misty using to communicate with Nick?

A) proxemic
B) haptic
C) vocalic
D) chronemic

Question 5

Which of the following characteristics of analogic codes suggests that nonverbal behaviors can show a lot or a little of the idea they represent?

A) potential for universal meaning
B) variable intensity
C) spontaneous transmission
D) spontaneous processing

Question 6

Which of the following analogic characteristics of nonverbal communication suggests that meaningful nonverbal behaviors can be emitted without conscious construction of the message?

A) variable intensity
B) simultaneous transmission
C) spontaneous transmission
D) automatic processing

Question 7

Regina King just lost the Emmy for Best Actress and she's feeling utterly depressed and quite angry because she doesn't think the women who won deserves the award. Instead of showing her disappointment, Regina King smiles and claps and nods her head as though she believed the right woman had won. Which of the following learned responses to emotion is best represented here?

A) Simulation
B) Intensification
C) Deintensification
D) Masking

Question 8

A new student, Megan, has just joined Tom's class. Megan is a very pretty girl with a bright smile. Tom concludes that Megan is smart, nice and a good student. Which of the following terms explains why Tom would assume many positive traits about Megan's personality based only on her physical attractiveness?

A) Halo Effect
B) Recency Effect
C) Primacy Effect
D) Positivity Effect

Question 9

When Mandy greeted her new housemate, she smiled, nodded, made direct eye contact, and maintained a relaxed posture. What function of nonverbal communication was served by these behaviors?

A) communicating emotion
B) communicating liking
C) communicating power and status
D) regulating conversation

Question 10

In regulating conversation, all of the following nonverbal behaviors are used to keep the floor, EXCEPT:

A) speak more loudly
B) gesture more vigorously
C) use back-channel communication
D) avoid eye contact

Question 11

When you come in to work one day, you find one of your co-workers is in the break room clutching a fistful of tissues with a tear-stained face. When you ask her what's wrong, she smiles and says in a shaky voice, "Oh, nothing. I'm fine." Which of the following reflects what she accomplished in her combination of verbal and nonverbal cues?

A) complementing
B) contradicting
C) accenting
D) substituting

Question 12

When Karen's father wanted to convey that he disapproved of his children's behavior, he would lower his eyebrows and scowl, without saying a word. What was the relationship between verbal and nonverbal messages in these interactions?

A) Complementing
B) Accenting
C) Substituting
D) Contradicting

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT a good clue that someone is being deceptive?

A) lack of eye contact
B) stuttering
C) higher vocal pitch
D) dilated pupils

Question 14

Jared tried to interrupt his good friend, Marissa when she was speaking. So Marissa held her hand up in a "stop" gesture to get Jared to shut up and continued to make her point. This is an example of how nonverbal communication functions to:

A) Communication emotion
B) Communicate liking
C) Communicate attraction
D) Regulate conversation