Question 1

Lesley and Aaron have been living together for several years, but neither of them is very happy in the relationship. During dinner they often turn away from each to watch the TV, a movement that displays ______.

Accepted Answer

Turning away from each other to watch TV indicates a lack of interest and engagement in the interaction, which is a characteristic of closed body orientation. This suggests that Lesley and Aaron are not communicating effectively and are disconnected from each other.

Question 2

When Allison picks up her daughter at daycare after a long day at work, her daughter always runs toward her with outstretched arms displaying ______.

Accepted Answer

Open body orientation refers to a person's posture that is welcoming and receptive, such as outstretched arms. Therefore, the best choice is D. The other options are not relevant to the given scenario.

Question 3

In contrast to adaptors that convey information to regulate conversation flow, body orientation conveys information that indicates ______.

Accepted Answer

Body orientation can indicate whether someone wants to engage in conversation or not. For example, if someone is facing away from a group of people, it may indicate that they are not interested in joining the conversation.

Question 4

When Terrence first sees his friend Kristen, she's on the other side of a busy street so he waves to get her attention and points to the crosswalk ahead. When she starts to step off the curb as a bus comes by, he raises his hand to signal her to stop. To communicate with Kristen, Terrence has used ______.

Accepted Answer

Terrence used illustrators, such as waving and pointing, and a regulator to signal Kristen to stop when the bus was approaching. Body orientation or adaptors were not mentioned in the scenario.

Question 5

To encourage her new friend Sunita to share personal information about her life, Zoe sits facing her directly and nods her head often at the same time that she twirls a strand of her long hair around a finger to help maintain focus. Zoe is using which of the following kinesic behaviors?

Accepted Answer

Zoe is using an open body orientation by facing Sunita directly, nodding her head often, which shows that she is interested and engaged in the conversation, and twirling a strand of her hair, which is a self-adaptor that helps her maintain focus. Therefore, the answer is A) open body orientation, regulator, and self-adaptor.

Question 6

Our earliest patterns of communication are usually established when we are school age.

Accepted Answer

Our earliest patterns of communication are established during infancy, as babies learn to communicate through cries, facial expressions, and eventually babbling, long before they reach school age.

Question 7

Gaze behaviors involve looking directly at someone with intent.

Accepted Answer

Gaze behaviors involve intentional looking directly at someone, making eye contact and conveying nonverbal messages through eye movements.

Question 8

Happiness, sadness, fear, anger, gratitude, and disgust are the six most commonly discussed emotional displays.

Accepted Answer

The six basic emotions most commonly discussed are happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise, and disgust. Gratitude is not typically listed among the basic emotional categories.

Question 9

When your eyebrows are raised and drawn together and your lips are parted with depressed corners you are likely experiencing sadness.

Accepted Answer

This facial expression indicates sadness.

Question 10

When Barry was asked to take on new responsibilities at work, he displayed nonverbal behaviors that included low eyebrows and raised eyelids with a tight raised upper lip and a depressed lower lip surrounding an open mouth. In response to the request, Barry's affect display suggests he was experiencing happiness.

Accepted Answer

The nonverbal behaviors described suggest the opposite of happiness, possibly indicating anxiety or discomfort with the new responsibilities.

Question 11

Surprise is characterized by a head that tilts upward with raised eyebrows and eyelids in contrast to eyes that have moved down, typically with a jaw that is also dropped.

Accepted Answer

This is an accurate description of the facial expression of surprise.

Question 12

The cultural relativist position suggests that the ability to produce and recognize facial expressions is a product of biology.

Accepted Answer

The cultural relativist position suggests that facial expressions are culturally constructed and interpreted differently across different societies and contexts, rather than being solely determined by biology.

Question 13

Display rules tell us how we are "supposed" to display emotion within our culture.

Accepted Answer

Display rules are societal norms and expectations that dictate how emotions should be expressed or suppressed in different situations and contexts. These rules vary across cultures and are learned through socialization.

Question 14

Neurocultural theory includes the perspectives of both the universalist and the cultural relativist positions.

Accepted Answer

Neurocultural theory seeks to integrate both the universality of certain aspects of human brain function and behavior, as well as the role of cultural and environmental factors in shaping these functions and behavior. Therefore, it includes the perspectives of both universalism and cultural relativism.

Question 15

When Monique is triggered to anger, her face immediately flushes and her eyes narrow. Knowing this, she's learned to dampen the surge of energy she experiences with anger by flashing a smile demonstrating her ability to manage her microexpression.

Accepted Answer

Monique's ability to flash a smile to manage her microexpression is a form of emotional regulation, which is a strategy to influence one's emotional experience, thus demonstrating her ability to manage her immediate, involuntary facial expressions.

Question 16

At the fabric store, when Claudine uses her hands to communicate how long she would like her ribbon to be, she's using an adaptor.

Accepted Answer

Claudine is using illustrators, which are gestures that accompany speech to clarify or emphasize the verbal message, not adaptors which are gestures often used to manage emotions or self-soothe.

Question 17

During a nonvideo conference call, an even flow of conversation can be difficult to maintain because of the lack of nonverbal regulators.

Accepted Answer

Nonverbal cues such as facial expressions, gestures, and body language are absent in nonvideo conference calls, making it hard to regulate the flow of conversation and maintain engagement.

Question 18

During a long classroom lecture, when Bryan begins to move one of his knees up and down under his desk in an attempt to remain focused, he's using a self-adaptor.

Accepted Answer

A self-adaptor is a type of body movement that an individual uses to cope with a situation or emotion. In this case, Bryan is using a self-adaptor (moving his knee up and down) to remain focused during the long classroom lecture.

Question 19

Object adaptors are most often used to release excess energy while other adaptors are primarily used to reduce stress.

Accepted Answer

Object adaptors, like playing with a pen, can help release nervous energy, while other adaptors, such as nail-biting, are often used to manage stress.

Question 20

Body orientation is often described as "open" or "closed" depending upon where we aim the center of our torso.

Accepted Answer

Body orientation can indeed be described as "open" (when we aim the center of our torso towards someone/something) or "closed" (when we turn away from someone/something).

Quiz 4: Kinesics: Engaging Motion and Gestures