Chapter 7 Quiz

Question 1

All behaviour has

Answer 1

communicative value

Question 2

it is impossible not to

Answer 2

communicate

Question 3

Are we always conscious of what we communicate?

Answer 3

no

Question 4

Nonverbal communication is primarily

Answer 4

relational

Question 5

what do nonverbal messages convey that we may be unwilling or unable to express (or unaware of)

Answer 5

emotions

Question 6

nonverbal communication is

Answer 6

ambiguous

Question 7

nonverbal communication is influenced by

Answer 7

culture

Question 8

the way nonverbal behaviour is used varies from

Answer 8

culture to culture

Question 9

verbal communication is

Answer 9

• voluntary and conscious
• usually content oriented
• can b clear or vague
• primarily shaped by culture
• discontinuous or intermittent
• single channel

Question 10

non verbal communication is

Answer 10

• often unconscious
• usually relational
• inherently ambiguous
• primarily shaped by biology
• continuous
• multi-channeled

Question 11

functions of non verbal communication include

Answer 11

repeat, substitute, complements and accents, regulate, contradicts, and deceives

Question 12

an emblem is a

Answer 12

culturally understood substitute for verbal expression

Question 13

illustrators are

Answer 13

actions that have no meaning of their own but compliment and accent verbal statements

Question 14

paralanguage is

Answer 14

the way a message is spoken (rate, pitch, volume, length of pause, disfluencies)

Question 15

disfluencies are

Answer 15

stammering, use of um and er

Question 16

proxemics is

Answer 16

the study of how people use the space around them

Question 17

Personal Space is the

Answer 17

invisible bubble each individual finds comfortable to have around themselves

Question 18

Territory is the

Answer 18

area that serves as an extension of our physical being. Remains stationary, claimed by being marked with ownership