Chapter 6

Question 1

Nonverbal communication

Answer 1

Those behaviors and characteristics that convey meaning without words

Question 2

Nonverbal channels

Answer 2

The various forms that nonverbal communication takes

Question 3

What do characteristics do in a conversation?

Answer 3

Often conveys more than verbal communication and usually believed over it
Used to express emotion

Question 4

Turn-taking signal

Answer 4

Nonverbal behavior that indicates when a person’s turn to speak

Question 5

Immediacy behavior

Answer 5

Nonverbal behavior that conveys attraction or affiliation

Question 6

Facial displays

Answer 6

the use of facial expression for communication

Question 7

Oculesics

Answer 7

Eye behaviors

Question 8

Emblem gesticulation

Answer 8

Gestures with a direct verbal translation

Question 9

Illustrator gesticulation

Answer 9

Gestures that enhance or clarifies a verbal message

Question 10

Affect display gesticulation

Answer 10

Gestures that communicates emotion

Question 11

Regulator gesticulation

Answer 11

Gestures that control the flow of the conversation

Question 12

Adaptor gestures

Answer 12

Gestures used to satisfy a personal need

Question 13

Kinesics

Answer 13

The study of body movement

Question 14

Haptics

Answer 14

The study of touch

Question 15

High-contact culture

Answer 15

Cultures that frequently touch and maintain little personal space

Question 16

Low-contact culture

Answer 16

Cultures that infrequently touch and maintain high levels of personal space

Question 17

Vocalics

Answer 17

Aspects that convey meaning

Example: Men have low vocalics

Question 18

Paralanguage

Answer 18

Vocalic behaviors that go along with verbal behavior to convey meaning

Question 19

Olfactics

Answer 19

The study of smell

Question 20

Proxemics

Answer 20

How we use space to communicate

Question 21

What do physical appearances do?

Answer 21

They will send messages, whether with intention or not

Question 22

Halo effect

Answer 22

We attribute positive qualities to attractive people

Question 23

Devil effect

Answer 23

We attribute negative qualities to less attractive people

Question 24

Chronemics

Answer 24

The way we use time to communicate

Question 25

Artifacts

Answer 25

The objects and visual features in an environment that reflect who we are

Question 26

Blading

Answer 26

Orienting shoulder toward something

Question 27

Billowing

Answer 27

Ruffling shirt

Question 28

Tell

Answer 28

An obvious characteristic to show the person is lying

Question 29

Micro expressions

Answer 29

The split second moment that shows the person's true feelings for something

Question 30

Thumb twitch

Answer 30

Being antsy | Threatening signal

Question 31

Self-touch gesture

Answer 31

A gesture that a person does to comfort themselves

Question 32

Sex Difference: Emotional expressiveness

Answer 32

Woman are more expressive than men | Exception to anger

Question 33

Sex Difference: Eye contact

Answer 33

Female pairs use eye contact more

Question 34

Sex Difference: Personal space

Answer 34

Women's space more often violated than men's space

Question 35

Sex Difference:Touch

Answer 35

Men touch women more than women touch men | Female pairs touch more than male ones

Question 36

Appearance

Answer 36

Cultural norms create different looks for women and men

Question 37

Emotional intelligence

Answer 37

the ability to perceive and understand emotions

Question 38

Norming

Answer 38

Establishing a baseline behavior