Deck 7: The Effects of Gesture and Posture on Human Communication

Question 1

Gestures are used because they primarily benefit the communicator doing the gesturing.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Paul and Rick are hiking.Paul stubs his foot on a hidden tree root.While Paul jumps around,Rick is also wincing in pain.Which phenomenon explains why Rick would wince when Paul is the one who got hurt?

A)emotional contamination
B)maladaptive motorization
C)contagious causality
D)motor mimicry

Answer 2

D

Question 3

What speech difficulties have been observed in speakers unable to include gestures?

A)fluency problems
B)word recall problems
C)comprehension problems
D)all of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The findings of Pine and his colleagues (2010)would lead you to believe that you would gesture more when describing scissors than a rug to a person who you could not see.

Question 5

Mary is a person who typically makes an average amount of gestures while talking.Under which of the following situations is Mary likely to make more speech-related gestures than usual?

A)when she is speaking over an intercom or microphone,rather than face-to-face
B)when she is not very concerned about her listener's comprehension of her subject
C)when she is trying to dominate a conversation
D)Mary will likely make more speech-related gestures than usual in all of these situations.

Question 6

According to the research by Bavelas and her colleagues,which of the following is not one of the primary functions of interactive gestures?

A)referring to issues associated with the exchange of speaking turns
B)delivering information
C)synchronizing movement between partners
D)citing a previous contribution by your partner

Question 7

Only those movements people perform with their hands can be called gestures.

Question 8

Which of the following is not true about our use of emblems?

A)We are very aware when we are using them.
B)They translate very well into dictionary definitions.
C)They depend on included speech for full understanding of their meaning.
D)They are universally understood by members of the same cultural group.

Question 9

Which class of gestures has a direct verbal translation?

A)speech-independent gestures
B)wrist flips
C)speech-dependent gestures
D)illustrators

Question 10

The speaker's gestures tend to be smaller and less precise when relaying information that the receiver is unfamiliar with.

Question 11

A system for identifying speech-independent gestures,developed by Johnson,Ekman,and Friesen,considers that an emblem is "verified" when 70 percent of the people asked to perform a gesture do so in a similar way.

Question 12

In a conversation with a friend,Lionel makes a gesture which seems to accent and organize the important segments of his talk.Which type of speech-dependent gesture is Lionel making in this instance?

A)a referent-related gesture
B)a punctuation gesture
C)an interactive gesture
D)an emotive gesture

Question 13

Which of the following statements about the relationship between gesture and speech is false?

A)Gesture and speech appear to develop together.
B)Gesture and speech are likely controlled by completely different areas of the brain.
C)Gestures can help speakers retrieve words for which they are searching.
D)The type of gesture performed in relation to a speech act is related to the size of the forthcoming speech act.

Question 14

Nancy and Oliver are having a conversation.During their talk,they engage in matching behaviors,to indicate that they have interaction synchrony.Which of the following is/are ways that they could "match" during their conversation?

A)Nancy and Oliver could turn toward each other when they speak.
B)Nancy could lean forward when she speaks,making Oliver lean back as he listens.
C)Nancy and Oliver could cross their legs and arms the same way.
D)All of these actions show "matching" behaviors.

Question 15

Meshing impacts how satisfying the conversation exchange is viewed by the speakers.

Question 16

The smallest idea unit in spoken language is referred to as a __________.

A)phonemic marker
B)posture shift
C)kinesic marker
D)topic change posture