Deck 7: Nonverbal Messages

Question 1

Self-adaptors are

A) emblems.
B) movements directed at the person.
C) adaptors.
D) gestures focused on objects.
E) self-touching movements.

Answer 1

E

Question 2

Which of the following is not a function of nonverbal communication?

A) forming and defining relationships
B) forming and managing impressions
C) increasing meaning of verbal communication codes
D) structuring conversation and social interaction

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Space decoration

A) is a concern of NASA's.
B) relates to offices but not homes.
C) influences inferences about you.
D) is primarily concerned with size.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Nonverbal communication is used to do all the following EXCEPT to

A) accent or emphasize some part of a verbal message.
B) contradict your verbal message.
C) present immediately understandable and recognizable interpersonal cues.
D) regulate or control the flow of a verbal message.

Question 5

Paralanguage is

A) verbal and nonverbal.
B) verbal and vocal.
C) vocal and nonverbal.
D) communication about communication.

Question 6

The first sense we use is

A) smell.
B) taste.
C) hearing.
D) touch.

Question 7

Haptics is

A) the study of eye communication.
B) the study of body communication.
C) the study of facial communication.
D) the study of touch communication.

Question 8

Nonverbal messages which influence the speaking of another person are

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

Question 9

Silence

A) functions differently from other forms of nonverbal communication.
B) is most common between people of unequal status.
C) may be used to avoid responsibility for wrongdoing.
D) does not communicate emotions.

Question 10

People of equal status

A) discuss personal subjects.
B) have dilated pupils when they interact.
C) maintain shorter distances between them than people of unequal status.
D) move less than people of unequal status.
E) pause more than people of unequal status.

Question 11

Leaving a sweater to "save" a chair is an example of

A) markers.
B) territoriality.
C) ear markers.
D) territorial encroachment.

Question 12

Personal distance is from

A) 3.6 to 7.6 metres.
B) 46 centimetres to 1.2 metres.
C) contact to 46 centimetres.
D) 1.2 metres to 3.7 metres.

Question 13

Channels of nonverbal communication include all EXCEPT

A) body, eyes paralanguage, silence, space.
B) location, distance.
C) smell, face, time.
D) artifacts, touch.

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT a facial management technique?

A) intensifying
B) neutralizing
C) masking
D) inquiring

Question 15

Scientific studies show that people who avoid touching also

A) avoid eating.
B) enjoy hugging.
C) avoid self-disclosure.
D) are more likely to be young women.

Question 16

Space decoration speaks about

A) your interests.
B) communicate sense of style.
C) perceptions.
D) communicate status and wealth.

Question 17

Facial expressions can produce or heighten feelings of all EXCEPT

A) sadness.
B) fear.
C) excitement.
D) anger.

Question 18

Proxemics is

A) the study of space communication.
B) the study of body communication.
C) the study of touch communication.
D) the study of time communication.

Question 19

Which of the following are all types of body messages?

A) emblems, illustrators, affect displays, mimic movements, and illuminators
B) emblems, illustrators, affect displays, regulators, and adaptors
C) enablers, illustrators, affect displays, mimic movements, and adaptors
D) enablers, illustrators, affect displays, regulators, and adaptors

Question 20

Nonverbal messages with direct translations are

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

Question 21

Present-oriented people have greater incomes than future-oriented people.

Question 22

Covering up your own joy in the presence of a sad or disappointed friend is an example of the masking technique of facial management.

Question 23

A regulating message is one which gives instructions and rules.

Question 24

Describe the different types of body movements and give an example of each.

Question 25

In our culture, there are rather strict rules for the appropriate length of eye contact.

Question 26

Interpersonal silence allows you to remain silent for all EXCEPT to

A) remain silent to preserve privacy.
B) remain silent not to incriminate yourself.
C) remain silent when others are speaking.
D) remain silent to withhold information.

Question 27

Explain the different functions served by nonverbal communication.

Question 28

Smell communication is also referred to as

A) sense communication.
B) psychological communication.
C) temporal communication.
D) olfactory communication.

Question 29

Informal time terms such as forever, immediately, soon, right away, and as soon as possible, are more general. Informal time creates the most communication problems because the terms have different meaning for different people.

Question 30

Paralanguage includes all of the following EXCEPT

A) voice qualities.
B) rate of speech.
C) choice of words.
D) pitch of speech

Question 31

Subjects who felt and expressed the emotions became emotionally aroused faster than those who only felt the emotion.

Question 32

Nonverbal behaviour always communicates.

Question 33

Artifactual messages are those made by human hands. Describe the three, and show how they communicate-with examples.

Question 34

Affect displays control, monitor, or coordinate the speaking of another individual.

Question 35

Both paralanguage and silence are very strong forms of nonverbal communication. Describe what they are, how they work, and the effect they can have on the receiver.

Question 36

Describe the four distances that define the type of relationship between people and give an example to illustrate when each might be appropriate.

Question 37

Which sentence conveys the meaning that I think someone besides you stole the money?

A) I did not SAY you stole the money.
B) I did not say YOU stole the money.
C) I did not say you STOLE the money.
D) I did not say you stole the MONEY.

Question 38

Smell messages seem to communicate all EXCEPT

A) attraction messages.
B) taste messages.
C) auditory messages.
D) memory messages.

Question 39

Social distance is from 3.6 metres to 7.6 metres.

Question 40

Recognize that different cultures will view types of touching differently.

Question 41

The major meanings of touch include: positive emotion, playfulness, control, ritual, and task- relatedness.

Question 42

Touching varies greatly from one __________ to another.

Question 43

Some jewellery is a form of ____________, indicating a particular cultural or religious affiliation.

Question 44

Learning to hide certain emotions and to emphasize others are examples of facial __________ techniques.

Question 45

Affect displays are movements of the __________ and __________ that convey __________ meaning.

Question 46

Emblems, illustrators, affect displays, regulators, and __________ are types of body messages.

Question 47

The four distances that define relationships are ____________, ____________, ___________, and _____________.

Question 48

Attraction, taste, memory, and identification are some of the important messages communicated through which sense?

Question 49

Eye communication serves four major functions: to seek __________; to inform the other of open communication __________; to signal the nature of the __________; and to psychologically lessen the physical __________ between yourself and another.

Question 50

Pitch, rate, voice qualities, and volume are all forms of __________.