Communication: Quiz 5

One of the biggest problems with text messaging is:

Americans are comfortable conducting business at a distance of roughly:

The “OK” gesture made by joining the tips of thumb and forefinger to form a circle is”

North American culture falls towards which end of the context scale?

Social scientists use the term chronemics to describe the study of how humans use and structure:

Which of the following does not influence the way we interpret others’ emotions as well as the way we express our own?

Inadvertent signals of deception are called:

________ likely to discuss personal appearance, sex, and dating in same-sex conversations.

Proxemics is the study of the way people and animals use:

High context cultures value using language to:

The best way to stop communicating is to:

When nonverbal communication functions in relationships, its role is in:

Low-context culture generally value using language to:

Linguistic relativism refers to:

When nonverbal communication functions in relationships. Its role is in:

In ambiguous situations we rely on ________ to decide how to interpret messages in a given context.

Anthropologist Edward T. Hall has defined four distances that most North Americans use in their everyday lives. They are:

In the natural world, ___ have a direct connection with the things they represent.

Nonverbal communication can serve a variety of functions, however, it is primarily:

________, at least in the dominant cultures of North America, use language to build and maintain social relationships.

"Mark is a nervous guy." "Karen is short-tempered." "You can always count on Wes." Statements that contain or imply the word is lead to the mistaken assumption that people are consistent and unchanging -- an incorrect belief known as:

Nonverbal messages are best at conveying:

The area of nonverbal communication referred to as kinesics involves:

The American manufacturers of Pet milk unknowingly introduced their product in French-speaking markets without realizing that the word pet in French means “To break the wind”. Likewise, the English- speaking representative of a U.S soft drink manufacturer naively drew laughs from Mexican customers when she offered free samples of Fresca soda pop. In Mexican sland, the word fresca means “lesbian”. These are examples of:

The symbolic nature of language is a blessing. It enables us to communicate in ways that wouldn't otherwise be possible. For example:

Several research reviews have found that the ways women and men communicate are

Whether or not we're aware of the fact, how we look sends messages to others. There are two dimensions to appearance:
choice of hairstyle and choice of demeanor.

One of the truths about nonverbal communication is:

Proxemics is the study of the way people and animals use:

Our authors suggest that language is rather like:

Communication researchers call the process of adapting one's speech style to match that of others:

Social scientists use the word haptics to describe the study of:

Nonverbal encoding and decoding skills is a strong predictor of:

________ may be the least ambiguous type of nonverbal behavior.

Syntactic rules govern the:

"Excuse me, sir. I hate to say this, but I . . . uh . . . I guess I won't be able to turn in the assignment on time. I had a personal emergency, and . . . well . . . it was just impossible to finish it by today. I'll have it on your desk on Monday, OK?" This sample demonstrates:

“Relative words” gain their meaning by:

Proxemics is the study of the way people and animals use:

In human language, the connection between signs and the things they represent isn't so direct. Instead, language is:

Our authors define nonverbal communication as:

One difference between “I” and “You” language is:

Not all linguistic problems come from misunderstandings. Sometimes people understand one another perfectly and still wind up in a conflict. Which of the following demonstrates this?

________ are usually more nonverbally expressive, and they are better at recognizing others' nonverbal behavior.

Despite the many cultural differences, some nonverbal behaviors have the same meanings around the world. For example: