Question 1

Listeners are unable to perceive a smile in the voice by listening alone.

Accepted Answer

Listeners can often perceive a smile in the voice because smiling changes the sound production mechanism, often making the voice sound friendlier, warmer, or more positive, which can be detected by the listener.

Question 2

Fernando and Graham are talking.At one point,Graham completes a story by letting the pitch of his voice drop at the end of his statement.Which turn behavior is Graham most likely performing with his drop in pitch?

A)turn-requesting
B)turn-maintaining
C)turn-denying
D)turn-yielding

D

Accepted Answer

Dropping the pitch at the end of a statement is a common nonverbal cue used in conversation to indicate that the speaker has finished their part and is yielding their turn to the listener. This signals to the other person that it is now their opportunity to speak.

Question 3

Edgar is going to be presenting a training program to a group of new employees.This vocal characteristic of his will negatively impact their comprehension of his presentation.&#10;A)dysfluencies&#10;B)monotone pitch&#10;C)mispronunciations&#10;D)poor vocal quality

Accepted Answer

Monotone pitch can make a presentation sound dull and unengaging, causing the audience to lose focus and comprehension.

Question 4

How do researchers design a study to eliminate the influence of meaningful speech?&#10;A)using meaningless content&#10;B)just ignore the content&#10;C)use electronic filtering&#10;D)All the above can be employed.

Accepted Answer

Researchers can use meaningless content, ignore the content, or use electronic filtering to eliminate the influence of meaningful speech in a study.

Question 5

A group of students are rating Ginger's personality,based upon her vocal characteristics.Which of the following vocal characteristics will result in the most consistently negative perceptions of Ginger's personality?

A)nasality
B)increased rate
C)breathiness
D)increased pitch variety

Accepted Answer

Nasality in vocal characteristics is often associated with a negative perception of personality traits such as being untrustworthy, insincere, or annoying. Therefore, it is likely that nasality would result in the most consistently negative perceptions of Ginger's personality among the group of students.

Question 6

A pause in which some kind of phonation occurs is called an unfilled pause.

Accepted Answer

A pause in which some kind of phonation occurs is called a filled pause, typically involving sounds like "uh", "um", "er", etc., as opposed to an unfilled pause, which is silent.

Question 7

Which of the following is not an effective way to &#34;keep the floor&#34; when speaking?&#10;A)increase volume and rate&#10;B)increase the frequency of filled pauses&#10;C)decrease volume and rate&#10;D)All of these are effective ways to &#34;keep the floor&#34; when speaking.

Accepted Answer

Decreasing volume and rate can make it harder for listeners to follow and may lead to losing their attention, thus not effectively "keeping the floor."

Question 8

In which of the following dimensions do judges use vocal cues to make remarkably accurate classifications?&#10;A)sex&#10;B)age&#10;C)social class&#10;D)Judges are remarkably accurate on all of these dimensions.

Accepted Answer

Judges can use vocal cues to make remarkably accurate classifications across all these dimensions: sex, age, and social class. Vocal characteristics and patterns can provide a wealth of information, allowing judges to infer these aspects with a high degree of accuracy.

Question 9

Silence can be used to draw attention to words and ideas.

Accepted Answer

This is true. Silence can be a powerful tool in emphasizing certain words or ideas by creating a pause and drawing attention to the subsequent words or ideas. It can also create a sense of tension or anticipation in the listener.

Question 10

Which one of the following is a true statement?&#10;A)Early research focused on speech content before delivery.&#10;B)We can speak faster than we can process what we hear.&#10;C)The typical person has average skills interpreting nonverbal turn taking cues.&#10;D)Spontaneous speech is very fragmented and disfluent.

Accepted Answer

Spontaneous speech often includes pauses, repetitions, and corrections, making it fragmented and disfluent. This is a natural part of how people speak when they are formulating thoughts on the spot, as opposed to prepared speech, which tends to be more fluid and coherent.

Question 11

Monique just received the exciting news she has been offered a scholarship to the graduate program that is her first choice.Her joyful emotion will not be characterized by __________.&#10;A)stuttering&#10;B)faster rate&#10;C)more volume&#10;D)higher pitch

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The answer of Monique just received the exciting news she...

Question 12

Echolalia is one of the speech cues associated with the diagnosis of Major Depression with Catatonic features.

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The answer of Echolalia is one of the speech cues...

Question 13

A spectrogram is a visual picture of a person's speech.

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The answer of A spectrogram is a visual picture of...

Question 14

The physical mechanism for producing sounds is called paralanguage.

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The answer of The physical mechanism for producing sounds is...

Question 15

Diana is an extraverted person.According to your text,which one of the following vocal characteristics will Diana likely exhibit?&#10;A)more dysfluency in speech&#10;B)slower rate of speaking&#10;C)louder speech&#10;D)less variability in pitch

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The answer of Diana is an extraverted person.According to your...

Question 16

Which of the following is an acoustic property that researchers often measure?&#10;A)speech rate&#10;B)fundamental frequency&#10;C)intensity&#10;D)All of these properties are measured.

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The answer of Which of the following is an acoustic...

Deck 11: The Effects of Vocal Cues That Accompany Spoken Words