Non-verbal Communication

Question 1

Communication

Answer 1

Passing a message from one person to another

Question 2

Verbal communication

Answer 2

Conveying messages using words or vocal sounds

Question 3

Non-verbal communication

Answer 3

Conveying messages that do not require the use of words or vocal sounds

Question 4

Paralinguistics

Answer 4

Vocal features that accompany speech

Question 5

Tone of voice

Answer 5

The way words are spoken to convey emotion

Question 6

Emphasis

Answer 6

Giving prominence to some words more than others

Question 7

Intonation

Answer 7

Inflection of the voice when speaking

Question 8

Eye contact

Answer 8

When two people in conversation are looking at each other’s eyes at the same time

Question 9

Pupil dialation

Answer 9

When the pupils in the eyes expand to look large

Question 10

Hemispheres of the brain

Answer 10

The human brain is divided into two halves, called the right and left hemispheres

Question 11

Practical implications

Answer 11

Suggestions about behavior in the real world beyond the research study, based upon what psychologists have discovered

Question 12

Body language

Answer 12

A general term to describe aspects of non-verbal communication

Question 13

Posture

Answer 13

The positioning of the body, offer regarded as a non-verbal communication signal

Question 14

Postural echo

Answer 14

Mirroring another person’s body position

Question 15

Confederate

Answer 15

An actor or a stooge who appears to be a genuine participant in the experiment but is actually working for the experimenter

Question 16

Closed posture

Answer 16

Positioning the arms so that they are folded across the body and/or crossing the legs

Question 17

Open posture

Answer 17

Positioning the arms so they are not folded across the body and not crossing the legs

Question 18

Gesture

Answer 18

A form of non-verbal communication in which information is conveyed by either deliberate or unconscious movement of parts of the body

Question 19

Touch

Answer 19

A form of non-verbal communication in which information is conveyed by physical contact between people

Question 20

Personal space

Answer 20

The distance we keep between ourselves and other people in our everyday lives

Question 21

Sex difference

Answer 21

Differences due to being either male or female; these could affect personal space between individuals

Question 22

Individual differences

Answer 22

Factors that make one person not the same as another person, such as personality or age

Question 23

Cultural norms

Answer 23

The range of behaviours that members of a particular social groups or society can be expected to show

Question 24

Status

Answer 24

A person’s rank or position within society