- A person’s body is less likely to lie than his or her words.
TRUE (not sure)
- Denotative meaning has to do with the dictionary definition of the word.
TRUE
- According to some historians, the kiss on the lips was first practiced by Roman men who wanted to test if their wives had been drinking wine in their absence.
TRUE
- According to the text, men sway their bodies when they walk just as much as women do.
TRUE (women have a more dramatic waist to hip ratio so you can see the sway more but both sway equally; men only appear to sway less because they have a stockier build)
- One cultural group was noted to kiss both the lips and the chin at the same time.
FALSE
- In non-verbal communication, a symbol and a sign are essentially the same thing.
FALSE
- Across 37 cultures women rated attractiveness needs lower than the men did.
TRUE
- According to Stacks, Moore, and Hickman, women more openly displayed negative emotions than men did.
FALSE
- According to Birdwhistell’s six principles, kinesic communication varies between black Americans and white Americans. (in the book talks about other author that says that black people walks different but birdwhistell doesnt say anything about it)
TRUE
- According to dialectics theory
a) relationships are kept together by opposing tensions
b) relationships are challenged by opposing tensions
c) we seek to resolve opposing tensions in relationships
d) opposing tensions can tear relationships apart
a) relationships are kept together by opposing tensions
- In the recent chapter on proxemics, the two studies cited were related to what animals?
a) deer and
b) rats and birds
c) rats and
d) rats and deer
d) rats and deer
- Finish this phrase: “One of the key architectural concepts mentioned in the class on proxemics is shelter and __________ .”
a) usefulness
b) perspective
c) solidity
d) commodity
b) perspective
- In all types of communication, there are two major components. We decode and we ____________.
a) pre-code
b) code
c) assimilate
d) encode
d) encode
14. The three body types discussed in the text are endomorph, mesomorph and a) midimorph b) paramorph c) ectomorph d) polymorph
c) ectomorph
- List the first four of Goffman’s eight territories of the self
personal space stall
use space turn
- List the last four of Goffman’s eight territories of the self:
sheath possession territory
information preserve conversation preserve
- In class, the ideal shape for the living room was suggested as:
a) square
b) circle
c) rectangle
d) octagon
a) square
- According to Bachelard, “The home is a container for ____________.”
a) dreams
b) finding safety
c) living in
d) nurturing the soul.
a) dreams
- Artifacts are
a) remnants of childhood behaviours
b) anything added to the body
c) non-verbals passed on by our ancestors
d) culturally determined clothing trends
b) anything added to the body
- The endomorph was seen as
a) dominant, cheerful, competitive
b) detached, tense, anxious
c) dependent, calm, relaxed
d) awkward cool, suspicious
c) dependent, calm, relaxed
- “Immediacy” refers to
a) how quickly a person responds with a non-verbal gesture
b) one being open, approachable
c) one being in the moment and authentic
d) one’s pace in matching non-verbals to another’s
c) one being in the moment and authentic
- “Self-synchrony” refers to how one
a) regulates one’s non-verbal actions
b) matches ones gestures to one’s words
c) matches one’s gestures to those of another
d) tries to use an array of non-verbal behaviours
a) regulates one’s non-verbal actions
- “Interactional synchrony” occurs where
a) one matches ones movements to those of another
b) one matches one’s words to one’s behaviours
c) a child mimics the actions of one’s parents
d) one learns the lyrics of all Police songs.
a) one matches ones movements to those of another
- An example of an “emblem” is
a) middle finger
b) a stammer/stutter
c) a pause
d) pacing
a) middle finger
- An example of an “adaptor” is
a) fidgeting
b) an action that coincides with a word
c) a person that mirrors another’s actions
d) a mirroring technique
a) fidgeting
- Females apparently are __________ than males at understanding non-verbal messages.
a) better
b) just as good as
c) worse
a) better
- 1.5 to 4 feet is called ____________ space.
a) social-consultative
b) casual-personal
c) social-personal
d) social-intimate
b) casual-personal
- “Tenure” has to do with
a) a person holding a territory permanently
b) how long a person has held the territory
c) how strongly a person conveys their intention of holding the territory
d) one’s right to hold that territory
b) how long a person has held the territory
- When it comes to others entering your territory, there are violations of territory, invasions and
a) diversions
b) pollution
c) contamination
d) negation
c) contamination
not too sure
- An example of a “marker” is
a) a water bottle on your desk in class
b) a nervous tick that distinguishes a person
c) Donald Trump’s hand’s up, palms out
d) the person who puts a stamp on your hand at the door
a) a water bottle on your desk in class
- Chronemics is defined as
a) the use of pace and pauses in verbals
b) the use of time in the use of non-verbals
c) smell
d) the study of physiological reactions to space
b) the use of time in the use of non-verbals
- The “surrogate mother” experiment, by Harlow (1958) was done with
a) mice
b) monkeys
c) rats
d) people
b) monkeys
- According to Anderson’s 2005 comparison of different religious groups, those who refrain from touch are more likely to be ___________ than Jewish
a) Protestant
b) Muslim
c) Catholic
d) Rastafarian
a) Protestant
- Facial expression is ___________ with the level of touch.
a) often confused
b) synchronistic
c) often off kilter
d) anachronistic
b) synchronistic
- In the “matching hypothesis” we
a) match another’s movement to our own
b) try to date people who a similar to ourselves
c) hang out with people similar to ourselves
d) date people who look like our parents
b) try to date people who a similar to ourselves
- “Manscaping” is when
a) a male alters his appearance
b) a male scans the “territory” to assess challengers
c) a woman shifts her posture to attract a male
d) a man positions himself close to an exit
a) a male alters his appearance
- Height signifies power and prestige: average is
a) 5 ft 6 for women; 6 ft for men
b) 5 ft 5 for women; 6 ft for men
c) 5 ft. 4 for women; 5 ft. 9 for men
d) 5 ft 8 for both sexes
c) 5 ft. 4 for women; 5 ft. 9 for men
- “Affect blends” are
a) thinking two conflicting ideas at once
b) conveying two emotions at the same time
c) trying to change two things at once
d) experiencing two emotions at the same time
b) conveying two emotions at the same time
- “Conjugate Lateral Eye Movements” means
a) whether we look left or right when thinking shows which side is our dominant brain side
b) being nervous. It suggests that we have intentions that we are not stating in words.
c) we have difficultly matching our eye movements to our body messages
d) we have difficulty with eye contact
a) whether we look left or right when thinking shows which side is our dominant brain side
40) The study of touch is also known as
a) haptics
b) synaptics
c) olfactics
d) tactilics
a) haptics
- According to the text, the first sense we learn is
a) touch
b) hearing
c) sight
d) smell
a) touch
- Adler and Towne (1975) suggested that records from 19th and 20th century orphanages point to mortality rates of nearly _________ because of a lack of touch.
a) 90%
b) 100%
c) 80%
d) 75%
b) 100%
- Touch, even a slight touch, among the elderly was noted to reduce
a) postural sway
b) asthma
c) dementia
d) nervous ticks
a) postural sway
- In Heslin, Nguyen and Nguyen’s 1983 study, they showed that women felt that touch from a stranger would be the greatest invasion of privacy, while for men it was touch from
a) a same-sex individual
b) a parental figure
c) a male peer
d) a person in authority
a) a same-sex individual
- Studies have found that up to age _____ sex is not an important factor in distancing norms (territoriality concerns).
a) 5
b) 7
c) 12
d) 14
b) 7
- Related to territoriality, the “conversation preserve” is
a) how much information we are willing to share in a conversation
b) the personal space we maintain when having a public conversation
c) a public space set apart for conversation
d) the visual details we remember of a conversation
c) a public space set apart for conversation
- The seven basic emotions displayed by the face were categorized by
a) Calhoun
b) Knapp
c) Ekman
d) Birdwhistell
c) Ekman
- Less physically attractive defendants have been found to receive lighter sentences.
FALSE (p:190)
- The text suggests that firm generalizations can be made regarding racial differences and personal space expectations.
FALSE
- Children at 2-3 months look at an attractive face longer than at an unattractive one.
TRUE
- In discussing differences in sex and gender the text suggested that, to build relationships men find a common enemy and women offer time.
FALSE (its the opposite)
- According to Geiselman, Haight, and Kimata (1984) women do not necessarily appear more attractive when they are with attractive peers.
FALSE
- The value we place on attractiveness is related to whether or not we are seeking a long-term relationship.
TRUE (p : 187)
- A study by Fogot (1991) found that attractive children aged 12 to 30 months were slightly easier to work with.
FALSE
- Women sought stability, ambition, humour more than attractiveness.
TRUE
- Pupils expand when one is thinking up a lie.
FALSE
- In therapeutic touch, the practitioner does not actually place his/her hands on the patient.
TRUE
- According to the text, African Americans were less likely to affirm touching between parents and children, than were other racial groups.
TRUE
- We remember smells just as long as we remember something we’ve seen.
FALSE (longer)
- Even the attainment of reading ability can be affected by having been touched or not.
TRUE