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Duck, Communication in Everyday Life: The Basic Course Edition With Public
Speaking, 3e
SAGE Publishing, 2021
a. text messages
b. facial expressions
c. e-mails
d. comments on social networking websites
5. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Messages may be conveyed through multichanneled
nonverbal communication by way of ______.
a. sight
b. sound
c. taste
d. smell
6. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Heslin’s functions of touch include ______.
a. functional/professional
b. social/polite
c. friendship/warmth
d. love/intimacy
True/False
1. You cannot have face-to-face interactions without nonverbal communication.
2. Nonverbal communication is always intentional.
3. Nonverbal communication can help to begin, regulate, or terminate communicative
interactions.
4. If you can decode nonverbal communication successfully, you do not need to be
concerned about encoding it.
5. Nonverbal communication does not have an effect on the flow (the starting and
stopping) of communication.
6. Nonverbal communication is rarely ambiguous or difficult to interpret.
7. Nonverbal and verbal communication are both influenced by culture.
8. Nonverbal communication can sometimes contradict verbal communication within the
same message.
Instructor Resource
Duck, Communication in Everyday Life: The Basic Course Edition With Public
Speaking, 3e
SAGE Publishing, 2021
9. Some cultures may view silence as a sign of respect.
10. Touch is an expression of regard is an example of the friendship/warmth function of
touch.
11. Task-related touch is used when greeting someone or when departing from
someone.
12. Some cultures especially value timely completion of tasks over attention to
relationships, respect, or status, but others place the priorities in reverse.
13. Vocalics is also referred to as paralanguage.
14. Though differences exist, people average around 250 words per minute speaking.
Instructor Resource
Duck, Communication in Everyday Life: The Basic Course Edition With Public
Speaking, 3e
SAGE Publishing, 2021
15. Nonverbal communication is not linked to cultural appropriateness.
16. People develop their own personal meanings and use of nonverbal symbols.
17. Nonverbal communication is considered multichanneled.
18. Nonverbal communication is not ambiguous.
19. Nonverbal communication is more subject to control than is verbal communication.
20. Nonverbal behaviors often occur without your full awareness and reveal how you
really feel or reveal hidden information.
21. Nonverbal communication is not continuous or ongoing.
22. Beyond indicating or reinforcing an existing relationship, nonverbal communication
is also used when seeking or encouraging change in relationships.
23. If you enjoy interacting with someone, it often has as much to do with nonverbal
factors than topics of conversation.
24. Pleasure coming from enjoyable interactions decreases the likelihood of additional
interactions and promotion of relationships.
25. Discomfort from unpleasant interactions decreases the likelihood of additional
interactions and promotion of relationships.
26. Our use of territory can also be used in the construction of leadership or power
roles.
Instructor Resource
Duck, Communication in Everyday Life: The Basic Course Edition With Public
Speaking, 3e
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27. All of us have a body buffer zone, a kind of imaginary aura that we regard as part of
Short Answer
1. Why might people believe that some nonverbal communication is universally
understood?
2. Identify at least three types of nonverbal communication.
3. How does eye contact differ in Western and Eastern cultures?
4. List ways that nonverbal communication interconnects with verbal communication.
5. How can nonverbal communication identify individuals?
6. What are the six dimensions of environments that influence our perceptions?
Essay
1. Explain why the four common misconceptions about nonverbal communication are
false or misleading.
2. Explain how it is or is not possible for people to read the nonverbal communication of
others.
3. Explain how it is or is not possible to detect deception accurately through nonverbal
communication.
4. Explain the difference between static and dynamic nonverbal communication.
5. Give an example of a form of nonverbal communication that is influenced by culture.
6. Discuss the connection between relationships and use of personal space.
7. How are the rules of nonverbal communication learned?
8. Explain how a nonverbal signal can substitute or emphasize a verbal message.
9. How does the context of environment affect the way people communicate with one
another?
10. Explain how chronemics involves the passage of time.
11. How can people’s personal habits assist in identifying them?
12. Explain how nonverbal communication serves to punctuate how you talk to people.
13. Explain the four functions of touch.
14. Explain the meanings of touch.
15. Explain how cultural and contextual factors influence a person’s use of silence.
16. Explain how nonverbal communication transmits emotional information.
17. Explain the three types of territory that a person may establish.