Nonverbal Communication
#3 As room temperatures fall into the 60s, students show significant decreases in reading speed and comprehension. True False
False
#4 According to Andersen, culture is mainly an explicit, carefully-planned nonverbal phenomenon. True False
False
#4 High-context cultures are more likely to communicate information explicitly, while low-context cultures are more likely to communicate implicitly. True False
False
#5 According to the textbook, male managers who use a more autocratic or directive leadership style are typically rated more negatively than their female counterparts who use an autocratic style. True False
False
#5 Andersen maintains that our society embraces those who act inconsistently with their sex roles. True False
False
#6 Emotional recognition is a learned, symbolic, linguistic, deliberative process that is one of the most basic functions of nonverbal communication. True False
False
#6 Research demonstrates that emotional expression is difficult to decipher across cultures. True False
False
#7 According to Andersen, Protestants generally have a more positive view of touch than non-Protestants. True False
False
#7 Communication anxiety leads to increased awareness of social and environmental cues. True False
False
#7 Same-sex touch is more threatening, anxiety-producing, and repugnant for females than it is for males. True False
False
#8 The principal function of touch is a dominant behavior used (particularly by males) to manipulate and control. True False
False
#9 According to the textbook, the most intense level of arousal produces the most intense level of intimacy. True False
False
#9 Because intimacy is so ubiquitous, men and women are nearly identical in their experience of intimate communication. True False
False
#9 Research demonstrates that, unlike many other intimate behaviors, affection is primarily communicated verbally. True False
False
#9 There is little physiological effect of affection. True False
False
#4 North Americans view time as: Polychronic expendable a commodity fluid none of the above
a commodity
#8 Generally, a teacher who is immediate can expect cognitive gains but no increased behavioral learning a large increase in affective learning student dominance of the classroom less success in teaching
a large increase in affective learning
#7 Opposite-sex touch avoidance is higher for: southerners than for northerners younger people than for older people females than for males males than for females
females than for males
#1 According to the textbook, in early infancy, _____ cues are most believable. In adulthood, _____ cues are most believable. visual/aural verbal/verbal verbal/nonverbal nonverbal/verbal nonverbal/nonverbal
nonverbal/nonverbal
#12 One sign of status is _____ high-tech office machinery. owning using loaning throwing away
owning
#2 Generally, ___________are related to the density of space, but not always. population density perception of crowding gender all of the above none of the above
perception of crowding
#6 The most fleeting (quickest) facial expression is: anger surprise happiness sadness
surprise
Chapter #1: The textbook states that analogic communication is: -virtually all nonverbal communication. -associated with digital communication -conveying more meaning than regular communication -associated with linguistic dialogue. -dependent on only cues of another
-virtually all nonverbal communication.
#4 In which culture would silence most likely be interpreted as a rude behavior? America South Africa Asia Europe none of the above
America
#4 In which culture would silence most likely be interpreted as a rude behavior? American Columbian Chinese Japanese
American
#10 According to expectancy-violations theory, a very attractive person is more persuasive at _____ distances. closer than normal farther than normal normal Both a and b
Both a and b
#12 In a classroom setting, less dominant individuals are more likely to occupy center seats. True False
False
#12 Interacting with people of higher status creates relaxation for the less powerful interactant. True False
False
#12 While pointing is perceived as a dominant gesture, it really signals insecurity by the person pointing. True False
False
#2 The research presented in the text suggests that women are more touch avoidant with the same-sex than their male counterparts. True False
False
#2 While gestures are uniquely expressive, recent research indicates that words are superior to gestures for communicating and problem-solving. True False
False
#1 According to Andersen, hand emblems, sign language, lip reading, facial emblems, and musical notation are all examples of nonverbal communication. T F
F
#1 Nonverbal communication is typically governed by the left-brain hemisphere. T F
F
#1 Verbal messages are more useful than nonverbal communication for affective and emotional information. T F
F
#4 Research demonstrates that emotional expression is difficult to decipher across cultures. TRUE FALSE
FALSE
#4 Whether a culture is individualistic or collectivist has a limited effect on the nonverbal behavior of that culture. TRUE FALSE
FALSE
#10 Andersen maintains that men's hair length does not effect persuasion. True False
False
#10 Persuasion is only used to unite the common interests of all people. True False
False
#11 More expressive and socially tactful people are less successful deceivers than their nonexpressive counterparts. True False
False
#11 Research shows a large set of nonverbal behaviors that are consistently associated with deception. True False
False
#11 Shifty-eyed people tend to be more deceptive than people making direct eye contact. True False
False
#1 According to the textbook, gestalt processing means that we make sense of an interdependent whole rather than isolated parts. T F
T
#6 Which of the following is not a fundamental characteristic of emotions? They involve physiological reactions They interrupt thoughts and cognition They entail objective experiences or feelings none of the above
They entail objective experiences or feelings
#10 Immediacy behaviors such as gaze and touch raise heart rates. True False
True
#10 Increases in immediacy significantly enhance a persuader's chance of gaining compliance. True False
True
#10 The perception of warmth for trial judges is a particularly important nonverbal behavior. True False
True
#10 Touch and gaze independently increase compliance, and the combination increases compliance to an even higher degree than either one alone. True False
True
#11 Baby-faced adults were judged as more truthful than mature-looking adults,regardless of whether or not they were lying. True False
True
#11 Current research suggests that women are generally better detectors of deceptive nonverbal behavior than men are. True False
True
#11 Deception is associated with an increase in speech errors and greater delays corresponse latency in answering questions. True False
True
#11 The textbook states that there is no foolproof means of detecting deception through nonverbal behavior. True False
True
#12 Andersen maintains that power cues exist in every interaction and every nonverbal cue. True False
True
#12 Andersen maintains: As a general rule, high-status individuals have all of the immediacy options. True False
True
#12 Formal dress increases perceptions of dominance and control. True False
True
#12 When there is a disparity of status, the higher-status person has more touch privileges than the lower-status person. True False
True
#2 Individuals with dilated pupils are more attractive to their romantic partners than those whose pupils are not dilated. True False
True
#2 Research has shown that the crowding of rats produces miscarriage, violence, homosexuality, and eating disorders, In addition, the crowding of persons can result in social pathology and criminal behavior. True False
True
#2 Researchers have identified a set of six primary facial expressions that are innate, universal, and carry the same basic meaning throughout the world. True False
True
#3 Communication that is inappropriate is often communication that is out of context. True False
True
#3 Fluorescent lighting has been shown to produce fatigue, inattention, hyperactivity, and decreased classroom performance. True False
True
#4 Students attending college in the Sunbelt are more touch-oriented than students attending college in the Frost Belt. True False
True
#5 Research demonstrates that both men and women are quite accurate in identifying sex differences in nonverbal behavior. True False
True
#5 Research indicates that a woman's physical attractiveness is more important to men than a man's physical attractiveness is to women. True False
True
#5 While men and women are certainly born different, research suggests that vast majority of differences between the nonverbal behavior of men and women are learned. True False
True
#6 Andersen maintains that all emotions can be expressed nonverbally. True False
True
#6 Emotional intelligence is a set of abilities that are vital to effective functioning in interpersonal relationships as well as one's career. True False
True
#6 Emotions are expressions that are produced communicatively for the benefit of others. True False
True
#7 Andersen maintains that, for humans, moderate arousal feels best. True False
True
#7 Parental attitudes about touch are a key determinant of their offspring's attitudes toward touch. True False
True
#8 Apes and humans share ritualistic bowing gestures to signal submission and friendliness. True False
True
#8 Nonverbal immediacy behaviors are best understood as a gestalt, not on a behavior-by-behavior basis. True False
True
#8 People with negative attitudes toward interpersonal touch have lower self-esteem. True False
True
#8 The exchange of nonverbal immediacy is perhaps the most central function of nonverbal behavior. True False
True
#8 The textbook defines immediacy as messages that signal feelings of warmth, closeness, and involvement with other people. True False
True
#9 According to the textbook, Healthy interpersonal relationships experience contradictory or dialectic tugs-of-war of opposites. True False
True
#9 Affection has been shown to increase life expectancy. True False
True
#9 Intimacy is a broad term referring to warm, involving behaviors, interactions, experiences, and relations. True False
True
#5 Men are portrayed correctly or incorrectly in the media as more _____ than women. communicative nonverbal sensitive adventurous
adventurous
#1 According to the textbook, nonverbal communication is: analogic typically governed by the right brain hemisphere nonlinguistic all of the above none of the above
all of the above
#10 According to the direct-effects or social-meaning model of nonverbal persuasion, increased eye contact would be more effective for _____ person. a high-status a low-status an attractive all of the above
all of the above
#11 Deception cues result from: anxiety negative affect duping delight all of the above
all of the above
#11 Deception is any message that: is untrue intentionally conveys a message the individual knows to be false conceals, omits, or exaggerates information all of the above
all of the above
#12 A "hands on hips" position: conveys dominance is called "arms akimbo" is a power position all of the above
all of the above
#12 According to Jones's research, tactile power moves include: affection and compliance seduction and rejection power-matching all of the above
all of the above
#2 Babies who do not receive adequate amounts of touch: are more susceptible to illness are more quiet and shy can die even if all physical needs are met are less well adjusted emotionally all of the above
all of the above
#2 Invasions of personal space result in which of the following reactions? compensatory reductions in intimacy retreats aversion of eye contact body buffers all of the above
all of the above
#3 Fast food restaurants speed up customers with bright light fast music uncomfortable chairs all of the above none of the above
all of the above
#3 Vocalic behavior transmits emotional information to receivers helps to regulate conversation clarifies verbal messages all of the above a and c only
all of the above
#4 Lower-status, lower-power chronemic cues include: waiting arriving on time spending time serving another person all of the above
all of the above
#6 Affect displays: are behaviors that reveal our emotions to others can operate separately from cognition are usually nonverbal all of the above
all of the above
#7 Flight responses: occur in humans experiencing fear are a withdrawal response in most situations can be an effective way to avoid anxiety all of the above
all of the above
#8 Body synchrony: produces "good vibes" between interactants is an immediacy behavior involves being "in tune" with others all of the above
all of the above
#1 The right-brain hemisphere is: nonverbal and digital analogic and digital analogic and nonlinguistic linear and nonlinguistic nonlinear and linguistic
analogic and nonlinguistic
#5 "Secondary" gender differences are: directly related to our reproductive role anatomical differences not directly related to reproduction cultural differences between men and women none of the above
anatomical differences not directly related to reproduction
#7 High communication apprehensives: engage in greater verbal questioning engage in more eye contact engage in fewer facial expressions are relatively insensitive to eye contact
are relatively insensitive to eye contact
#9 Cognitive-valence theory holds that very high arousal results in: pleasure dominance, energy, and power aversion and compensation attraction
aversion and compensation
#3 Seasonal affective disorder occurs during long summer hours can result in depression and suicide occurs near the equator is an example of metaphysical time none of the above
can result in depression and suicide
#8 An example of more immediate behavior is: touch avoidance tense posture a straight face closer proximity
closer proximity
#9 Which of the following is one of the six cognitive schemata in the cognitive valence model? immediacy power arousal culture
culture
#7 According to the textbook, which of the following hypothetical groups has the highest level of selfreported opposite-sex touch avoidance? middle-aged married males elderly male Protestants elderly male Catholics elderly female Protestants
elderly female Protestants
#6 Which nonverbal channel is the best for detecting emotion? voice face eyes none of the above
face
#6 Affect is most powerfully displayed: facially in the extremeties verbally through eye movement only
facially
#4 Which cultural dimension explains the ways in which people live, display their values, think, and communicate, and especially how much they rely on nonverbal communication? high context v. low context individualistic v. collectivistic capitalistic v. socialistic masculine v. feminine immediacy orientation
individualistic v. collectivistic
#1 Redundancy: decreases accuracy is easily and simultaneously communicated nonverbally is an inherent property of verbal communication is unnecessary for accurate communication none of the above
is easily and simultaneously communicated nonverbally
#3 Macroenvironments are large-scale food-growing experiments easily amenable to human manipulation large places that affect human behavior and interaction bad furniture arrangement none of the above
large places that affect human behavior and interaction
#2 Eibl-Ebelsfeldt's research on blind versus sighted children revealed: -no significant differences in the facial expressions of the two groups -that blind children were more sensitive to nonverbal communication than sighted/hearing children -increased tactile sensitivity in the blind group -that no illustrators were used by the blind group -none of the above
no significant differences in the facial expressions of the two groups
#11 According to research: deception cues are very consistent across studies people are generally accurate deception detectors people always want to detect deception none of the above
none of the above
#5 One sex difference between men and women is that men can: lactate gestate menstruate none of the above
none of the above
#1 Nonlinguistic, wholistic, and multichanneled all describe: nonverbal communication symbols rhetoric verbal communication language
nonverbal communication
#3 Andro is a pheromone produced by women substance banned by major-league baseball in the 1990s pheromone that is attractive to women and homosexual men substance stimulating the greatest response in women on birth control pills a and b only
pheromone that is attractive to women and homosexual men
#2 An example of an illustrator is: making the peace sign giving "the finger" pointing to an object scratching one's leg wiping one's nose
pointing to an object
#5 Impregnation and gestation are _________ tertiary sex differences secondary sex differences primary sex differences sociobiological developments
primary sex differences
#8 Based on the textbook, immediacy behaviors are significantly more characteristic of ____________ than ______________. southerners/northerners Asians/westerners Arabs/Italians Arctic people/equatorial people
southerners/northerners
#5 According to the text, men have a biologically based, innate advantage over women in: spatial ability nonverbal receiving ability verbal ability nonverbal expressiveness
spatial ability
#10 According to communication accommodation theory, people are more persuasive if: they speak faster they speak slower they adopt distances greater than the norm they adjust to the communication rates and styles of their listeners.
they adjust to the communication rates and styles of their listeners.
#10 The strongest support for the direct-effects model of immediacy on persuasion comes from research on: smiling and touch proxemics touch avoidance touch and gaze
touch and gaze
#3 North Americans are __________ conscious of time. not somewhat very subtly none of the above
very
#9 According to cognitive-valence theory: immediate behaviors are always perceived by receivers we positively valence immediacy regardless of the relationship very high increases in arousal lead to aversion and compensation none of the above
very high increases in arousal lead to aversion and compensation
#3 Sarcasm is usually communicated through haptics vocalics proxemics kinesics touch
vocalics
#7 Communication apprehension is characterized by: avoidance and approach ambivalence touch avoidance, talking fear, and writing anxiety withdrawal, reduced awareness, and tension none of the above
withdrawal, reduced awareness, and tension