Chapter 6: Nonverbal Communication

Question 1

Repeating

Answer 1

To repeat your instructions nonverbally as well as verbally

Question 2

Complementing

Answer 2

Nonverbal behaviors match the thoughts and emotions the communicator is expressing linguistically

Question 3

Substituting

Answer 3

Substituting nonverbal cues to express someone’s feelings without words

Question 4

Accenting

Answer 4

Adding emphasis to words with your voice

Question 5

Regulating

Answer 5

influencing the flow of verbal communication

Question 6

Contradicting

Answer 6

When one’s verbal and nonverbal behaviors contradict each other

Question 7

Mixed message

Answer 7

What someone receives when someone uses contradicting messages

Question 8

Leakage

Answer 8

Inadvertent signals of deception

Question 9

Monochronic

Answer 9

A culture that emphasizes punctuality schedules and completing one task at a time

Question 10

Polychronic

Answer 10

A culture with flexible schedules in which multiple tasks are pursued at the same time

Question 11

Kinesics

Answer 11

The study of body position and motion

Question 12

Body orientation

Answer 12

The degree to which we face toward or away from someone with our body feet and head

Question 13

Posture

Answer 13

The way you’re sitting

Question 14

Gestures

Answer 14

Movements of the hands and arms in communication

Question 15

Emblems

Answer 15

Deliberate nonverbal behaviors that have a per Syse meaning no to virtually everyone with in a culture group

Question 16

Adapters

Answer 16

Unconscious bodily movements in response to the environment

Question 17

Manipulators

Answer 17

Self touching behaviors are often a sign of discomfort

Question 18

Microexpressions

Answer 18

Slow motion films show micro expressions fleeting across a subjects face in a short a time as it takes to blink an eye

Question 19

Paralanguage

Answer 19

Describes nonverbal vocal messages

Question 20

Haptics

Answer 20

Describe the study of touching

Question 21

Proxemics

Answer 21

The study of the way people and animals use space

Question 22

Intimate distance

Answer 22

Skin contact to about 18 inches

Question 23

Personal distance

Answer 23

18 inches to about 4 feet

Question 24

Social distance

Answer 24

4 feet to about 12 feet

Question 25

Public distance

Answer 25

Outward from 12 feet

Question 26

Territory

Answer 26

Territory remain stationary it’s known as any geographical area such as work area broom house or other physical space to which we assume some kind of rights is our territory

Question 27

Chronemics

Answer 27

The study of how humans use and structure time

Question 28

Nonverbal communication

Answer 28

Messages express by nonlinguistic means