Chapter 6: Humanities

In real life, spontaneous nonverbal expressions are frequently unclear and difficult to interpret.

Research shows that clothing can send a message of trustworthiness, level of sophistication, and moral character.

Listeners pay more attention to the content of words than to paralanguage when asked to determine a speaker's attitudes.

Features of a neighborhood do not relate to the way residents interact with one another.

While it's possible to avoid verbal communication, it's impossible to stop sending nonverbal messages.

Someone using oculesics would watch people's gestures as they interact with others.

Emoticons are ways to represent nonverbal expressions in mediated communication.

Social scientists use the term paralanguage to describe nonverbal vocal messages.

Emblems are culturally understood substitutes for verbal expressions.

Students see professors who have well decorated office as more credible than those who have less attractive work areas.

You stand up at the end of a meeting with your boss. This is known as a nonverbal regulator.

Proxemics is the term social scientists use to describe the study of how people communicate through bodily movements.

Emblems are usually delivered intentionally.

Nonverbal communication is best defined as "messages expressed by nonlinguistic means."

Proxemics is the study of how people use the space around them.

Persuasiveness increases when one-person mirror's another's movements.

Touch can boost compliance.

Research shows that people are more persuasive when they mirror another's movement.

All fidgeting indicates uneasiness.

"Um," "er," and "uh" are known as disfluencies.

Sarcasm is one instance in which we use both emphasis and tone of voice to change a statement's meaning to the opposite.

Social rules may discourage us from performing some manipulators in public, but people still do so without noticing. Which of the following is not a manipulator?

Which distance is being used when a teacher lectures in front of a large lecture class?

At what distance are a couple of friends likely to stand when in public?

At which distance can you keep someone "at arm's length"?

Morton and Trehub's study of children's interpretation of mixed messages concluded that:

Which of the following conclusions can be reached from the study showing those who were touched lightly on the arm during a request to look after a dog were more likely to agree with the request than those who were not touched?

Jessie twirls her hair while she watches television. This is an example that demonstrates:

Nonverbal messages are best at communicating:

The effect of an attractive room on the people working in it is an example of which type of nonverbal communication?

Which distance is being used when a child sits on your lap?

The fact that most nonverbal cues are vague implies which characteristic of nonverbal communication?

Surgeons whose voices were regarded as dominating and indifferent were more likely to be sued for malpractice than those with a less threatening style. This is an example of:

Which type of nonverbal communication is considered the most noticeable?

All of the following are characteristics of nonverbal communication except:

Burgoon and Levine's research on deception detection indicates that we are accurate in detecting deception:

Punctual mainlanders often report the laidback Hawaiian approach to time as welcoming. This is an example of:

When working at a call center as a telephone salesperson, Mischa was trained to speak at an even pace, not talk too loudly or softly, and use friendly inflection. This is an example that demonstrates:

Culturally understood substitutes for verbal expressions are known as:

Which is not barrier behavior?

Proxemics is the study of how communication is: