Deck 3: The Ability to Receive and Send Nonverbal Signals

Question 1

Children from unexpressive families tend to do well on decoding tasks.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Robby is an 8-year-old child who is an effective sender of nonverbal information.According to Buck's research,which personality characteristic should Robby not possess?

A)introversion
B)impulsiveness
C)bossiness
D)activeness

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Kendrick recently scored very well on the PONS test.Given that knowledge,which of the following characteristics would we not expect Kendrick to display?

A)better adjusted
B)more manipulative
C)more extraverted
D)more popular

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following is not one of the factors to consider in interpreting observations of nonverbal behavior?

A)who the participants are
B)the setting of the interaction
C)the time of the interaction
D)the purposes of the interaction

Question 5

In general,males are more skilled than females at accurately decoding nonverbal signals.

Question 6

The ability to judge emotional messages,self-regulate emotions and use them to guide thoughts and actions is called __________.

A)emotional intelligence
B)social competence
C)rapport
D)selective perception

Question 7

Which of the following is not a standardized test of decoding ability?

A)PONS
B)DANVA
C)ACT
D)IPT

Question 8

Research shows clearly that people overrate their ability to accurately act out emotions on purpose.

Question 9

Given what we know about nonverbal decoding skills,who should be awful at decoding signals accurately?

A)Leo,who has had nonverbal skills training
B)Martin,who is an actor
C)Nicolette,who studies photography and other visual arts
D)Mary,who is an alcoholic

Question 10

It is easier to recognize the face of someone from a racial group different from one's own.

Question 11

Social skills training successfully incorporate reinforcement.Which of the following is an example of verbal reinforcement?

A)acknowledgement
B)encouraging vocal quality
C)smiling
D)positive gestures

Question 12

It is very difficult to tell if someone is lying.

Question 13

Kraus and Keltner (2009)found that observers can distinguish between individuals of upper versus lower socioeconomic status.Their findings suggest that a person's SES might be signaled to observers by his/her nonverbal cues of disengagement and engagement during interactions.

Question 14

Which of the following is not true concerning nonverbal decoding skills?

A)Females tend to be better decoders than males.
B)Decoding skills tend to increase through the mid-twenties,decreasing in later years.
C)There is a minimal proven relationship between intelligence and other verbal measures and nonverbal coding ability.
D)Teachers are extremely skilled at decoding their students' nonverbal cues.

Question 15

Quincy is a new executive in a Fortune 500 company.He wants to be able to control his self-presentation by focusing upon the nonverbal cues he sends.With which of the following characteristics should Quincy be concerned?

A)his spontaneous expressions of emotion
B)his physical qualities,such as body shape and facial features
C)expressive qualities that bestow a particular demeanor on a person
D)Quincy should be concerned with all of these characteristics.

Question 16

Which of the following statements about husbands' and wives' nonverbal sending and receiving is true?

A)Men in unhappy marriages send clearer messages to wives through their faces.
B)Unhappy husbands decode nonverbal behaviors of other women better than they do their own spouses.
C)Married men were better encoders than married women.
D)Marital adjustment was strongly related to the encoding skills of the women.