Deck 6: Nonverbal Communication

Question 1

If you use a poker face while playing card games,in what way are you using nonverbal communication?

A) replacing
B) contradicting
C) repeating
D) spotlighting
E) enhancing

Answer 1

B

Question 2

If your track coach wraps your ankle with an Ace bandage after you twisted your ankle,what type of touch is your coach using?

A) sexual-arousal touch
B) functional-professional touch
C) social-polite touch
D) friendship-warmth touch
E) love-intimacy touch

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Research has classified gestures into four types.Which of the following does not belong to the four types?

A) adaptors
B) emblems
C) affect displays
D) regulators
E) illustrators

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What is the study of body movement,gestures,and facial expression called?

A) kinesics
B) chronemics
C) proxemics
D) low contact
E) vocalics

Question 5

In comparing nonverbal communication to verbal,our nonverbal communication is

A) more clear.
B) single-channeled.
C) more intentional.
D) less credible.
E) more credible.

Question 6

If Marya notices her manager hunched over her workstation holding her head up with her hands and asks her,"Are you okay? You look upset," and her manager replies,"I'm fine,just a little tired," her boss is illustrating

A) nonverbal messages are multichanneled.
B) incongruent messages.
C) congruent messages.
D) nonverbal messages are cultural.
E) nonverbal messages are more credible.

Question 7

While at your workplace,what type of proxemic space do you use to communicate?

A) intimate space
B) personal space
C) social space
D) public space
E) casual space

Question 8

According to the text,in most communication

A) verbal communication is influenced by gender.
B) nonverbal communication uses a single channel.
C) verbal messages tend to be perceived as more credible.
D) verbal communication conveys more meaning than nonverbal messages.
E) nonverbal communication conveys more meaning than verbal messages.

Question 9

If you ask your husband if he is angry and he shouts,"No,I'm not angry," what type of communication is he using?

A) repeating
B) contradicting
C) spotlighting
D) replacing
E) enhancing

Question 10

While communicating with someone from a high-contact culture,it would be wise to remember

A) to maintain indirect body orientation.
B) to avoid gazing.
C) to avoid touch.
D) that close physical proximity is preferred.
E) to maintain large interpersonal distance.

Question 11

When Amy's friend finishes giving his presentation,Amy gives him a "thumbs up" from across the room.What function of nonverbal communication is she using?

A) repeating
B) contradicting
C) spotlighting
D) replacing
E) enhancing

Question 12

If your boyfriend tells you he loves you while staring aimlessly at the TV instead of at you,you are more likely to

A) ignore his behavior.
B) believe his nonverbal behavior.
C) believe his verbal communication.
D) believe neither his verbal nor nonverbal behavior.
E) not notice his nonverbal behavior.

Question 13

Before Mark departs for service in Iraq,he makes direct eye contact with his girlfriend Mindy and hugs her.What type of nonverbal communication is he using?

A) replacing
B) contradicting
C) spotlight
D) incongruent message
E) congruent message

Question 14

If you point in a particular direction while providing someone directions,in what way are you using nonverbal communication?

A) contradicting
B) replacing
C) repeating
D) spotlighting
E) enhancing

Question 15

When communicating with someone from a low-contact culture,it would be wise to

A) maintain a direct body orientation.
B) maintain an erect posture.
C) relax your posture.
D) avoid touch.
E) touch often.

Question 16

If during a medical exam,your physician maintains a neutral face when he finds a serious problem,what type of behavior is he demonstrating?

A) congruent message
B) incongruent message
C) spotlight the message
D) affect display
E) dominance

Question 17

If you were hoping to acknowledge another person according to the norms or rules of a society,which category of touch would be most appropriate?

A) social-polite
B) love-intimacy
C) functional-professional
D) friendship-warmth
E) sexual-arousal

Question 18

Nonverbal communication can be used to

A) communicate meaning.
B) express emotion.
C) present self.
D) manage interaction.
E) all of the options are correct.

Question 19

Which of the following is true about women's use of nonverbal communication?

A) women are better at both sending and receiving nonverbal messages
B) women smile more
C) women gaze more
D) women are more facially expressive
E) all of the options are correct

Question 20

When disciplining your two-year-old daughter,you raise your voice and increase your volume when you say "STOP throwing your bottle." What function of nonverbal communication are you using?

A) repeating
B) contradicting
C) spotlighting
D) replacing
E) enhancing

Question 21

If you are trying to increase your online inhibition,you would

A) try to limit your feeling of submissiveness.
B) increase your overall use of nonverbal behavior.
C) manifest your display rules.
D) increase your affect displays.
E) limit or control your nonverbal behavior.

Question 22

Which of the following is not considered to be a characteristic of vocalics?

A) rate
B) loudness
C) pitch
D) tone
E) breathiness

Question 23

If you consoled your boyfriend when his grandmother passed away by holding his hand and giving him a hug,what communication distance would you be using?

A) intimate
B) personal
C) social
D) public
E) none of the options are correct

Question 24

If a friend becomes impatient as you tell your story about a recent breakup and looks away and then points to his watch,what type of nonverbal communication is he using?

A) illustrator
B) regulator
C) adaptor
D) kinesics
E) emblem

Question 25

If your girlfriend tells you about an upsetting phone call she had with her friend and as she does so she holds her hand up to her ear as to demonstrate a telephone,what type of gesture is she using?

A) illustrator
B) regulator
C) adaptor
D) kinesics
E) emblem

Question 26

The number one response given by convicted muggers when asked what they looked for in potential victims was

A) eye contact.
B) facial expressions.
C) posture.
D) personal space.
E) none of the options are correct.

Question 27

A handshake is considered to be what type of touch?

A) sexual-arousal touch
B) functional-professional touch
C) social-polite touch
D) friendship-warmth touch
E) love-intimacy touch

Question 28

Verbal communication conveys more meaning than nonverbal communication.

Question 29

Submissiveness can be demonstrated by all of the following EXCEPT

A) taking up less space.
B) looking down or away.
C) smiling more.
D) permitting others to invade our space.
E) direct gazing.

Question 30

Dominance can be demonstrated by all of the following EXCEPT

A) use of large amounts of personal space.
B) smiling
C) direct gazing.
D) frowning.
E) invading others' space.

Question 31

During a game a player forms a "T" with his hand,directing it to the umpire to indicate a time-out is needed.What type of gesture is being displayed?

A) emblem
B) illustrator
C) regulator
D) adaptor
E) haptics

Question 32

Telling a friend "I loved that movie" while rolling your eyes to indicate that you didn't really love the movie is an example of

A) replacing
B) repeating
C) contradiction
D) enhancing
E) spotlighting

Question 33

Which of the following distances would you maintain when talking with one of your close,yet platonic friends?

A) intimate space
B) personal distance
C) social distance
D) public distance
E) casual space

Question 34

During Steve's presentation to the class,he was constantly scratching his hair and adjusting his tie.What type of gesture was he relying on?

A) illustrator
B) regulator
C) adaptor
D) kinesics
E) emblem

Question 35

Affect displays are primarily displayed through the

A) head.
B) hands.
C) eyes.
D) face.
E) touch.

Question 36

If you were asked to deliver a presentation to incoming first-year students at your college,you would likely be using what type of proxemic space?

A) intimate space
B) personal space
C) social space
D) public space
E) casual space

Question 37

Which of these is not a zone for physical distance?

A) social space
B) personal space
C) public space
D) intimate space
E) individual space

Question 38

To increase your ability to interpret and understand nonverbal communication,you might

A) remember the influence of context.
B) consider the other person's behaviors and culture.
C) understand a person's behaviors may have multiple causes.
D) practice perception-checking.
E) all of the options are correct.

Question 39

If you and your girlfriend engage in public displays of affection such as holding hands,hugging,and kissing,you are displaying what type of touch?

A) sexual-arousal touch
B) functional-professional touch
C) social-polite touch
D) friendship-warmth touch
E) love-intimacy touch

Question 40

To communicate submissiveness,which behavior would you most likely use?

A) make strong eye contact
B) smile more
C) smile less
D) take up as much space as possible
E) don't allow others to invade your space

Question 41

In examining gender differences and nonverbal communication,it seems that men are better at using and understanding nonverbal communication.

Question 42

When nonverbal messages seem to contradict verbal messages,you tend to believe the verbal.

Question 43

Nonverbal communication tends to be more credible than verbal communication.

Question 44

Research suggests that women,compared to men,are more territorial.

Question 45

Men seem to smile more than women.

Question 46

Research suggests that men prefer and tend to use more physical space than do women.

Question 47

Eye contact is powerful and unique in that it communicates interest,affect,and even hatred or aggression,as in "I stared them down."

Question 48

Nonverbal communication can be intentional or unintentional.

Question 49

Your speech rate and volume are elements of vocalics.

Question 50

If your girlfriend reports she is not scared,yet she grips your hand tightly and her eyes are glued wide open,you will rely upon and trust her actions more than her words.

Question 51

Physical characteristics and appearance play a minimal role in nonverbal communication.

Question 52

Of all the body movements,facial expressions convey the most information and have the most impact.

Question 53

If while driving you are cut off by another driver and flip them "the bird," you are using a gesture called an illustrator.

Question 54

Research suggests that women are better than men at both sending and receiving nonverbal messages.

Question 55

Nonverbal communication can be more ambiguous because it is governed by rules that vary across cultures.

Question 56

Research suggests that facial cues are the most important form of communication for forming impressions.

Question 57

Communication tends to be multichanneled.

Question 58

Members of a high-contact culture engage in more eye contact,frequent touching,and close proximity while talking.

Question 59

Affect displays can be unintentional or intentional.

Question 60

Women seem to gaze more at others during interaction than do men.

Question 61

Nonverbal communication code of touch._______

Question 62

A type of gesture that accents verbal messages._______

Question 63

Culture that prefers frequent touching,shared gaze,close physical proximity,and direct indirect body orientation._______

Question 64

A type of gesture that satisfies a psychological or physical need._______

Question 65

Communication tends to be multichanneled._______

Question 66

A type of gesture that controls turn-taking in conversation._______

Question 67

Culture that prefers infrequent touching,little shared gaze,larger physical distance,and _______

Question 68

Willingness to allow others to exert power over you._______

Question 69

Feeling of emotional bonding or union between ourselves and others._______

Question 70

Vocal characteristics used to communicate nonverbal messages._______

Question 71

Transmission of meaning through nonspoken physical and behavioral cues._______

Question 72

Intentional or unintentional nonverbal behaviors that manifest emotion._______

Question 73

Guidelines that govern the appropriate use and expression of emotion._______

Question 74

A type of gesture that substitutes for verbal messages._______

Question 75

Communication using physical distance._______

Question 76

Behaviors used to exert power and influence over others._______

Question 77

Objects you possess that help express your identity to others._______

Question 78

Verbal and nonverbal behaviors that have contradictory meanings._______

Question 79

A type of nonverbal communication that encompasses body movement._______