Exam 2: Nonverbal Communication Features

Jorge had a good job that he enjoyed, so he could never understand why his father was adamant that he continue going to college. Then at the dinner table one night his father shared how he had been passed over for a promotion because he was still 30 credits short of completing his degree. When Jorge saw the disappointment in his father's face and felt his pain, he gained new insights as a result of ______ comprehension.

Nonverbal messaging is the first way we learn to communicate and can be referred to as "interactional primacy."

Individuals who display high levels of social intelligence rely solely on information available through self-disclosure.

The ______ stage of message processing focuses on not only information about the content of the interaction, but also information about the context in which the interaction occurred and the relational information implied by the manner of interaction.

Nonverbal messages almost always occur alongside verbal messages.