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Nonverbal Code MCQ

Regulators act to ________ communication between people, such as stance, distance, and eye contact.

Manage

Govern

Both a & b

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Both a & b

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The perception and use of space, including territoriality and personal space is known as ______ .

Proxemics

Regulators

Management theory

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Proxemics

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Paralanguage is characteristics of the voice, such as pitch, rhythm, intensity, volume, and rate.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Olfactics is the perception and use of _______ .

Smell

Scent

Odor

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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Oculesics is the study of eye contact.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Theory posits that people hold expectations about the nonverbal behavior of others is known as _____ .

Nonverbal expectancy violations theory

Emblems

Illustrators

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Nonverbal expectancy violations theory

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Which of the correct statements about Kinesics ?

When these expectations are violated, people evaluate the violation positively or negatively, depending on the source of the violation.

The perception and use of smell, scent, and odor.

Characteristics of the voice, such as pitch, rhythm, intensity, volume, and rate.

General category of body motion, including emblems, illustrators, affect displays, and adaptors.

Answer

Correct Answer: General category of body motion, including emblems, illustrators, affect displays, and adaptors.

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Illustrators are primarily hand and arm movements that function to accent or complement speech.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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The use of touch and physical contact between interactants is known as ________ .

Haptics

Emblems

Illustrators

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Haptics

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Emblems can be used to repeat or to substitute for verbal communication.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Digital communication ________ communication.

Verbal

Inverbal

Both a & b

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Verbal

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The literal meaning of a word; the dictionary meaning is known as ______ .

Denotative meaning

Digital communication

Emblems

Haptics

Answer

Correct Answer: Denotative meaning

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Chronemics is the use of time.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Analogic communication is nonverbal communication.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Nonverbal presentations of emotion, primarily communicated through facial expressions, are known as ______ .

Affect displays

Analogic communication

Denotative meaning

Digital communication

Answer

Correct Answer: Affect displays

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Adaptors are mostly unconscious nonverbal actions that satisfy ________ such as scratching an itch.

Physiological need

Psychological needs

Both a & b

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Both a & b

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In virtually every culture, men and women dress differently, and in many cultures, the differences begin at birth.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Humans can detect as many as 10,000 different compounds by smell.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Paralanguage refers to vocal qualities that usually, though not necessarily, accompany speech.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Occulesics is the study of touch and contact.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Nonverbal regulators are those behaviors and actions that govern, direct, or manage conversation.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Because we have less control over our nonverbal behavior, it tends to be perceived as more honest than our verbal behavior.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Chronemics is the study of ______.

Eye contact

Emotion

Psychology

Time

Answer

Correct Answer: Time

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The study of body movement, including hand, arm, and leg movements, stance, and posture is called ______.

Affect displays

Micro-emblems

Proxemics

Kinesics

Answer

Correct Answer: Kinesics

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Contact cultures are those that tend to ______.

Discourage contact between members of the opposite sex

Encourage touching and engage in touching

Outlaw touching between members of the same sex

Allow members of the opposite sex to contact each other

Answer

Correct Answer: Encourage touching and engage in touching

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Hand gestures that have a direct literal verbal translation are called ______.

Emblems

Macro-emblems

Pseudo-emblems

Micro-emblems

Answer

Correct Answer: Emblems

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The study of olfactics is the study of ______.

Touch

Sound

Smell

Sight

Answer

Correct Answer: Smell

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Facial expressions that communicate emotional states are called ______.

Affect displays

Micro-emblems

Macro-emblems

Illustrators

Answer

Correct Answer: Affect displays

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The own-race recognition bias refers to the theory that ______.

People recognize the faces of their own race better than the faces of different races

People recognize the faces of different races better than the faces of their own race

Racists are unable to recognize the faces of different races

Racists are better able to recognize the faces of different races

Answer

Correct Answer: People recognize the faces of their own race better than the faces of different races

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Often paralinguistic qualities, vocalizations, and nonfluencies, reveal a speaker’s ______.

Linguistic determinism

Kinesic affectation

Emotional state and truthfulness

Behavioral tendencies

Answer

Correct Answer: Emotional state and truthfulness

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