Non-Lexical Component

Question 1

Refers to delivering messages without words

Answer 1

Non-lexical component of communication

Question 2

5 Non-Lexical Component

Answer 2

• body language
• proxemics
• paralanguage
• presupposition
• cultural and environmental condition

Question 3

Kind of non-lexical communication where you express ideas or messages using your body.

Answer 3

Body Language

Question 4

This includes gestures, facial expressions, eye contact, and body stance

Answer 4

Body language

Question 5

Usually hand or head movements that indicate a specific meaning or support an idea so you can better persuade your audience

Answer 5

Gestures

Question 6

Body language using facial muscles

Answer 6

Facial expressions

Question 7

4 techniques for managing facial expressions

Answer 7

• intensify
• de-intensify
• neutralize
• mask

Question 8

This technique involves using exaggerated facial muscles to show strong emotions

Answer 8

Intensify

Question 9

This technique involves controlling your feelings because you might hurt someone, or you do not want people to notice how you feel

Answer 9

De-intensify

Question 10

This technique involves not showing any feelings while talking to somebody

Answer 10

Neutralize

Question 11

This technique involves wanting to convince somebody to do something; when we ask a favor from that person; or when we do not want to hurt his feelings

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Mask

Question 12

Means looking directly at your audience’s eyes. This is important because it shows that you are interested in knowing who your audience is and how they react to what you are saying

Answer 12

Eye contact

Question 13

A lack of ____ may show you are uncomfortable with your audience or insincere

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eye contact

Question 14

_____, or how you sit or stand in front of a person or an audience, can relay information about your personality traits

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Body stance

Question 15

___, as coined by hall, refers to the study of people’s use of space as a special elaboration of culture

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Proxemics

Question 16

In non-lexical communication, it is your nearness or closeness to the audience. it is how you, as a speaker, use space when you communicate

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Proxemics

Question 17

According to ____ (1978), personal space if the “invisible, variable volume of space surrounding an individual that defines that individual’s preferred distance from others

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Burgoon

Question 18

According to Burgoon (1978), ____ if the “invisible, variable volume of space surrounding an individual that defines that individual’s preferred distance from others

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personal space

Question 19

4 proxemic zones

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• intimate zone (0 - 1.4”)
• personal zone (1.4” - 4”)
• social zone (4” - 12”)
• public zone (12” - infinity

Question 20

Kind of non-lexical component of communication that you use everyday, sometime consciously and other times unconsciously

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Paralanguage

Question 21

3 groups of paralanguage

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• vocal characterizers
• vocal qualifiers
• vocal segregates

Question 22

Include the vocal aspect of the following actions: yawning, whispering, snoring, yelling, laughing, smiling, crying, moaning, groaning, sucking, sneezing, sighing, and hiccups

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Vocal characterizers

Question 23

Include tone, tempo, rhythm, pitch, volume, intensity, and extent

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Vocal qualifiers

Question 24

Include sounds like “uh-uh”, “mmm”, “uh”, and even silent pauses

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Vocal segregates

Question 25

An assumption of something you believe is implied in an utterance

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Presupposition

Question 26

It is linguistic shorthand

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Presupposition

Question 27

As defined by Merriam-Webster, refers to the beliefs, customs, arts, etc., of a particular society, group, place, or time

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Culture

Question 28

Refer to the strength of the influence of various factors in a particular place or time

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Environmental conditions

Question 29

If lexical component have the structure of the message you would like to convey, the non-lexical component _________

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greatly supports and makes (when used correctly) the spoken language clear