LESSON 3: Four Types of Non-Verbal Communication

Question 1

individual’s perception and use of space (space and distance); study of space and distance in communication

Answer 1

Proxemics

Question 2

18 inches, emotionally close, affection, to comfort and to protect

Answer 2

intimate distance

Question 3

18 inches to 4 feet, distance used in most conversations

Answer 3

personal space

Question 4

4 feet to 12 feet, business and less personal situations

Answer 4

social distance

Question 5

exceeds 12 feet, public speaking

Answer 5

public distance

Question 6

study of body movements, including posture; facial expressions, eye movement, gesture, posture, and walking speed; from Greek word “kinesics” meaning movement

Answer 6

Kinesics

Question 7

anger, fear, disgust, sadness, happiness, surprise, contempt

Answer 7

facial expression

Question 8

eyes are the windows of emotion

Answer 8

eye movements

Question 9

movement of the hands, arms, head, etc. to express an idea or feeling

Answer 9

gestures

Question 10

how you pose suggests how you feel

Answer 10

posture

Question 11

what your walk tells about you

Answer 11

walking speed

Question 12

variations in speech, such as pitch, loudness, tempo, tone, duration, laughing, and crying; messages sent with our voice

Answer 12

Paralanguage

Question 13

highness or lowness of voice

Answer 13

pitch

Question 14

power of the voice - its loudness or softness

Answer 14

volume

Question 15

how fast or slow you deliver your words

Answer 15

rate

Question 16

production of individual sounds

Answer 16

articulation

Question 17

focuses on stress, rhythm, and intonation of the syllables

Answer 17

pronunciation

Question 18

study of non-verbal behaviors involving touch; way in which individuals communicate through the sense of touch

Answer 18

Haptics

Question 19

the way people organize and use time and the message created because of how they organize and use it; study of the use of time

Answer 19

Chronemics

Question 20

study of the use of artifacts that have communicative potential

Answer 20

Objectics