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1) Which of the following choices have Ekman and Friesen identified as key sources of
nonverbal cues?
A) face, hands, and feet
B) eyes and face
C) body orientation
D) pitch, volume, and intensity
2) Alejandro was sitting by himself in the quad, leaned over, with his head resting on the heels
of his hands. Joe approached and said, “Hey Alejandro, you look sad.” Alejandro responded,
“Huh? No, I’m just thinking.” Which difficulty in interpreting nonverbal behavior does this
exchange exemplify?
A) Nonverbal messages are often ambiguous.
B) Nonverbal messages are continuous.
C) Nonverbal cues are multichanneled.
D) Nonverbal interpretation is culture-based.
3) President Nixon visited Latin America on a goodwill tour. As he exited the plane he gave the
A-OK sign. Many Latin Americans were offended by this gesture, because in their region
this was an obscene gesture. Of which difficulty in interpreting nonverbal behavior should
President Nixon been more aware?
A) Nonverbal messages are often ambiguous.
B) Nonverbal messages are continuous.
C) Nonverbal cues are multichanneled.
D) Nonverbal interpretation is culture-based.
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4) In what stage of quasi-courtship behavior are we engaging when we manipulate our
appearance by combing our hair, straightening our tie, and double-checking our appearance?
A) courtship readiness
B) preening
C) positional cues
D) appeals to invitation
5) In what stage of quasi-courtship behavior are we engaged when we move closer to someone,
adopt an open body posture, and make eye contact?
A) courtship readiness
B) preening
C) positional cues
D) appeals to invitation
6) Dr. Wheeler walks into class several minutes late. He has always been strict about classes
starting on time, so you think about teasing him by saying, “You’re lucky we didn’t all just
leave.” But then you notice that Dr. Wheeler’s voice is flat, his brow is furrowed, and his eye
contact is indirect and decide he may not receive your good-natured ribbing in the way you
intend. What theory describes how you adapted to Dr. Wheeler’s nonverbal communication?
A) expectancy violation theory
B) emotional contagion theory
C) interaction adaptation theory
D) interactional synchrony theory
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7) Josephus can’t seem to talk without using his hands. He is always pointing, shaping, and
indicating size when he talks. How would you classify Josephus’ actions?
A) illustrators
B) regulators
C) emblems
D) adaptors
8) In your public speaking class, you are asked to evaluate the delivery of a classmate. You
critique her vocal characteristics, eye contact, gestures, and appearance, but find that you can
really only pay attention to one category at a time. Your experiences support what challenge
of interpreting nonverbal messages?
A) Nonverbal messages are often ambiguous.
B) Nonverbal cues are multichanneled.
C) Nonverbal messages are continuous.
D) Nonverbal interpretation is culture-based.
9) Which function is involved when eye contact gives you information about another person’s
thought processes?
A) cognitive
B) monitoring
C) regulatory
D) expressive
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B) kinesics
C) chronemics
D) paralanguage
14) Which of the following is the name for the zone of personal space used for personal
interactions, typically ranging from 0 to 1.5 feet?
A) personal space
B) intimate space
C) social space
D) public space
15) Ekman called some ________ “gymnasts of the mind,” because they were surprisingly
sensitive to detecting microexpressions.
A) Buddhists
B) police officers
C) women
D) judges
16) In which zone are you most comfortable talking with friends and family?
A) intimate
B) personal
C) social
D) public
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17) While a person’s facial expression and vocal cues communicate a specific emotional
response, his or her posture and gestures communicate the ________ of the emotion
expressed.
A) reality
B) interpretation
C) intensity
D) specificity
18) Oftentimes, a student will sit in the same seat all semester and may become upset if someone
else takes his or her seat. This behavior reflects which category of nonverbal behavior?
A) territoriality
B) proxemics
C) appearance
D) body movement
19) What are nonverbal cues that communicate liking and engender feelings of pleasure called?
A) immediacy cues
B) arousal cues
C) dominance cues
D) friendship cues
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B) regulators
C) territorial markers
D) interactional synchrony
24) What is the first step to improving how you express your feelings to others?
A) being aware of your nonverbal behaviors
B) being aware of your verbal behaviors
C) practicing how you communicate verbally
D) asking others for feedback
25) Mara’s goal is to express her support and encouragement to Clay, who is going through a
hard time at home. She needs to ensure that her
A) support is primarily in the form of listening.
B) verbal messages convey her support, even if her nonverbal ones don’t.
C) nonverbal messages convey her support, even if her verbal ones don’t.
D) nonverbal messages express the same sentiments that she conveys verbally.
1) When the verbal and nonverbal messages contradict, we tend to put more faith in the verbal.
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2) Verbal messages are easier to fake than nonverbal messages.
3) While words are discrete entities, nonverbal behaviors are continuous.
4) The more at ease you are sharing silence in a relationship, the more comfortable you are
together.
5) English speakers tend to use nonverbal illustrators at the beginning of clauses and phrases.
6) Pushing your glasses back up on your nose, scratching a mosquito bite, or combing your hair
are examples of adaptors.
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than to try to look for clusters of cues.
12) If you extend your hand to be shaken, only to have it kissed by your partner, you experience
expectancy violation.
13) You are more likely to make eye contact with another person if you are talking, rather than
listening to him or her.
14) Nonverbal cues are “leaked,” or unintentionally communicated, by most people when
interacting with others.
15) Your nonverbal behaviors may be sending messages that you are feeling anxious or nervous,
even if you are not aware that you are feeling anxious or nervous.
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1) List the names and distances, in order from closest to farthest, of Hall’s four spatial zones.
2) Identify and explain two of the four stages of quasi-courtship behavior.
3) Name and give examples of three of the five categories of movement and gestures identified
by Ekman and Friesen.
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relationships.
7) Provide an appropriate perception check for the following situation: You walk into the
Student Union to meet Brandy for lunch. When you sit down at the table, Brandy turns away
from you, averts her eyes, says she isn’t hungry, and gives only brief replies to your
comments.
8) Describe one way to improve your interpretation of someone else’s nonverbal behavior to
improve accuracy.
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9) Explain how understanding our own use of each of the following can help us understand how
we communicate interpersonally with others: emblems, illustrators, affect displays,
regulators, adaptors.
10) In what ways do understanding the concepts of immediacy, arousal, and dominance help us
understand how our nonverbal cues are interpreted?
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