Chapter 5 Flashcards
Chronemics
Study of our use of time
Clothing
Can be a nonverbal communication message
Communication apprehension
Fear or anxiety associated with either real or anticipated communication with another person or persons
Feng shui
Chinese art of manipulating the physical environment, such as homes and offices, to establish harmony with nature to achieve happiness, prosperity, and health
Ghutrah
Cloth worn by men in Saudi Arabia and some other Arabian countries to cover the head
Gregorian
Calendar based on the cycles of the sun
Haptics
Study of the use of touch to communicate
Hijrah
Calendar based on the cycles of the moon
Iqual
Also known as agal, the double ring of black rope or cord used to hold the ghutrah worn by men in Saudi Arabia and some other Arabian countries
Kinesics
Gestures, body movements, facial expressions, eye contact
Nonverbal communication
Actions and attributes with a socially shared meaning intentionally sent and received
Olfactics
Communication by smells
Paralanguage
Nonverbal elements of the voice, including intensity, pitch, laughter, and so forth
Physical appearance
Personal appearance, clothing, grooming, and other factors that can be a nonverbal communication message
Proxemics
Use of fixed space, territoriality, and personal space
Silence
Absence of verbal communication that can communicate messages nonverbally
Territoriality
Refers to how space can be used to communicate messages
Thawb
Loosefitting, ankle-length, usually white shirt worn by men in Saudi Arabia and some other Arab countries
Wai
Nonverbal gesture used in Thailand to communicate greeting, farewell, respect, and appreciation
Burgoon argues that much nonverbal communication does have consistent across cultures and, as such, forms a vocabulary of nonverbal symbols.
False
The study of our use of time is called:
Chronemics
The wai gesture reveals other aspects of Thai culture such as respect your parents and elders.
True
Nonverbal communication can be broadly defined to refer to elements of the environment, such as the color of the walls in the room, that communicate by virtue of people’s use of them
True
The thawb one example of how meaning is conveyed by:
Clothing
Edward Hall identified personal distance in North America as:
18 inches to 4 feet
Haptics refers to the study of communication via smell
True
Kinesics refers to the study of the use of personal space
False
Messages sent without words are called nonverbal communication
True
Burgoon argues that some nonverbal communication is so ambiguous that it’s interpretation is mediated by context.
True
