Communicating Nonverbally MCQ

Which skill suggests that you ask questions to clarify what ambiguous nonverbal communication means?

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Correct Answer: Be tentative when interpreting nonverbal communication

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Digital natives are particularly challenged when it comes to ______.

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Correct Answer: Nonverbal literacy

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Whether it is primping or holding hands, ______ differs among different cultures.

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Correct Answer: Haptics

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Students in China do not look directly at their teachers, but in the U.S. students are expected to do so as a sign of respect. This illustrates the relationship between ______.

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Correct Answer: Eye contact and culture

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______ includes three concepts: duration, punctuality, and activity.

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Correct Answer: Informal time

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______ is the invisible bubble that you carry with you as you encounter others that informs how you feel about others.

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Correct Answer: Personal space

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Touch and personal space are referred to as ______.

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Correct Answer: Contact codes

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Which of these refers to not what we say, but how we say it?

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Correct Answer: Paralanguage

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We use ______ gestures when we want another to speak or when we want to speak.

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Correct Answer: Turn

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People generally seek out others who are similar to themselves in ______.

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Correct Answer: Attractiveness

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______ is generally a result of how tense or relaxed we are.

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Correct Answer: Posture

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When regulating nonverbal communication online, one thing that you could use to mean that “I wanted to say one more thing” is a(n) ______.

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Correct Answer: Ellipses

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Leaning forward when we want to speak is an example of (a) ______.

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Correct Answer: Regulator

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When adults encounter mixed messages they tend to trust ______.

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Correct Answer: The nonverbal

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A nonverbal message that is not congruent with an accompanying verbal message is called ______.

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Correct Answer: A mixed message

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Nonverbal messages are intangible and abstract, which makes them more ______ when compared to verbal messages.

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Correct Answer: Ambiguous

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Nonverbal behaviors such as pitch, rate, volume, inflection, tempo, and pronunciation is called

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Correct Answer: ● Vocal qualities

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The “ums” and “ers” used in conversation is called

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Correct Answer: ● Vocal distractors

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Nonverbal behaviors such as crying, laughing, groaning, muttering, whispering, and whining is called

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Correct Answer: ● Vocal characterizers

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Gestures that indicate another person can speak or that are used to request to speak in a conversation is called

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Correct Answer: ● Turn Gestures

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The sense of ownership of space that remains fixed is called

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Correct Answer: ● Territoriality

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Items or objects that humans use to mark their territories, such as a newspaper set on a table in a coffee shop is a territorial markers

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Correct Answer: ● True

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Ranging from 4 to 12 feet, the spatial zone usually reserved for professional or formal interpersonal encounters is called

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Correct Answer: ● Social distance

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Seeking Gestures that request agreement or clarification from a sender during a conversation.

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Correct Answer: ● True

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The space of 12 feet or more that is closely associated with a speaker and audience is called

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Correct Answer: ● Life distance

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The study of how people use, manipulate, and identify their personal space is called

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Correct Answer: ● Proxemics

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The setting in which our behavior takes place is called

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Correct Answer: ● Physical environment

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Aspects of physical appearance, such as body size, skin color, hair color and style, facial hair, and facial features is called physical characteristics

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Correct Answer: ● True

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The distance we put between ourselves and others is called

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Correct Answer: ● Personal space

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Ranging from 18 inches to 4 feet, the space most people use during conversations is called

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Correct Answer: ● Personal distance

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In paralanguage we study a person’s employment of voice. Also called vocalics. Nonverbal behaviors that include pitch, rate, volume, inflection, tempo, and pronunciation as well as the use of vocal distractors and silence.

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Correct Answer: ● True

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All behaviors— other than spoken words—that communicate messages and that have shared meaning between people is called

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Correct Answer: ● Nonverbal communication

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The incompatibility that occurs when our nonverbal messages are not congruent with our verbal messages is called

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Correct Answer: ● Mixed message

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The study of a person’s body movement and its effect on the communication process is called

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Correct Answer: ● Kinesics

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The distance that extends about 18 inches around each of us that is normally reserved for people with whom we are close, such as close friends, romantic partners, and family members is called intimate distance

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Correct Answer: ● True

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The study of how we communicate through touch is called

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Correct Answer: ● Haptics

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A theory stating that we expect other people to maintain a certain distance from us in their conversations with us is called

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Correct Answer: ● Expectancy Violations Theory (EVT)

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Gestures that signal shared understanding between communicators in a conversation.

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Correct Answer: ● Delivery gestures

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Gestures that acknowledge another’s feedback in a conversation is called

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Correct Answer: ● Citing gestures

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The study of a person’s perception and use of time is called

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Correct Answer: ● Chronemics

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The extent to which we turn our legs, shoulders, and head toward or away from a communicator is called

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Correct Answer: ● Body orientations

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Items we wear that are part of our physical appearance and that have the potential to communicate, such as clothing, religious symbols, military medals, body piercings, and tattoos is called body artifacts

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Correct Answer: ● True

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