Exam 6: Nonverbal Communication

Although men are more likely to limit the amount of emotion they reveal, everyone relies on _______________ to comprehend the full meaning of a message.

Identify and describe at least three ways nonverbal communication can help you achieve your communication goals.

Because facial muscles are difficult to control, a person's facial expressions accurately reveal deception and lying.

Overall, most people's ability to accurately detect deception is equivalent to the flip of a coin: about 50/50.

According to Expectancy Violation Theory, your expectations about nonverbal behavior affect the way you interact with others and how you interpret the meaning of nonverbal messages.

Which technique for adapting facial expressions is used in the following example? You plaster a smile on your face when you hear that a colleague has been promoted to vice president, a job that you believed you would get.

Norms for touch do not vary according to gender and culture.

Smiling can make you and others feel better because smiles are contagious.

In the United States, Americans seem to prefer lower-pitched voices in both men and women.

You are engaging in complementary nonverbal behavior when you say hello and your facial expression and tone of voice convey genuine interest and pleasure in greeting someone.

If you chew your nails because you are worried or anxious, you are using the type of gesture classified as an illustration.

When talking with close friends and family members, most Americans interact within a personal distance of 18 inches to 4 feet.

Identify the communicative function of the following gesture: You can tell when Gretel is anxious. She grabs a hunk of her hair and twirls it around and around.

Many people believe that nonverbal communication is a spontaneous expression of someone's internal thoughts and feelings. Which characteristic of nonverbal communication is illustrated in this example?

Immediacy refers to whether a person stands close enough to be touched.

Initial impressions do not have a strong effect on how others judge and feel about you.

If someone says, "He seemed so honest when I first spoke to him," she is demonstrating which of the following statements about the nature of nonverbal communication?

When volume, pitch, and rate are combined, they can be used to vary the stress you give to a word or phrase.

A mixed message is a contradiction between verbal and nonverbal meanings.

Which technique for adapting facial expressions is used in the following example? When Iantha learns that her former boyfriend is dating her best friend, she conceals her consternation by shrugging her shoulders as if to say "it's no big deal."