Chapter 6

Question 1

Affect Blend

Answer 1

The combination of two or more expressions, each showing a different emotion.

Question 2

Chronemics

Answer 2

The study of how humans use and structure time.

Question 3

Disfluency

Answer 3

A nonlinguistic verbalization.

Question 4

Emblems

Answer 4

Deliberate nonverbal behaviors with precise meanings, known to virtually all members of a cultural group.

Question 5

Haptics

Answer 5

The study of touch.

Question 6

Illustrators

Answer 6

Nonverbal behaviors that accompany and support verbal messages.

Question 7

Intimate Distance

Answer 7

One of Hall’s four distance zones, ranging from skin contact to eighteen inches.

Question 8

Kinesics

Answer 8

The study of body movement, gesture, and posture.

Question 9

Manipulators

Answer 9

Movements in which one part of the body grooms, massages, rubs, holds, fidgets, pinches, picks, or otherwise manipulated another part.

Question 10

Microexpressions

Answer 10

Momentary expressions that reflect an emotional state.

Question 11

Monochronic

Answer 11

The use of time the emphasizes punctuality, schedules, and completing one task at a time.

Question 12

Nonverbal Communication

Answer 12

Messages expressed by other than linguistic means.

Question 13

Paralanguage

Answer 13

Nonlinguistic means of vocal expression: rate, pitch, tone, and so on.

Question 14

Personal Distance

Answer 14

One of Hall’s for distance zones, ranging from eighteen inches to four feet.

Question 15

Polychronic

Answer 15

The use of time that emphasizes flexible schedules in which multiple tasks are pursued at the same time.

Question 16

Proxemics

Answer 16

The study of how people and animals use space.

Question 17

Public Distance

Answer 17

One of Hall’s four distance zones, extending outward from twelve feet.

Question 18

Social Distance

Answer 18

One of Hall’s distance zones, ranging from four to twelve feet.

Question 19

Territory

Answer 19

Fixed space that an individual assumes some right to occupy.