Problemset
Title
Introductory
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Practice Test
Question 1
The following three nonverbal signals are especially influential in
determining if and how much people will interact: ________.
Hint:
Type:
Multiple Choice
Feedback for Setting the Stage for Interaction, p. 375
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Answer
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physical attractiveness, turn taking ability and
situational attractiveness
Incorrect
content, context and connectivity
Incorrect
physical attractiveness, gaze and propinquity
Correct
facial balance, propensity and propinquity
Incorrect
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Question 2
In a dormitory, students living adjacent to one another or residing on the
same floor are much more likely to become acquainted than students living
on different floors. This example illustrates how ____________ controls
Type:
Multiple Choice opportunities for interaction.
Hint:
Feedback for Setting the Stage for Interaction, p. 375
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Question 3
Answer
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propensity
Incorrect
propinquity
Correct
elaboration likelihood
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spatial schemata
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An individual's expectations about proximity are called _______________.
Hint:
Type:
Feedback for Setting the Stage for Interaction, p. 376
Multiple Choice
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Answer
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belong schemata
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spatial schemata
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contextual proxemics
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frames of reference
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Question 4
In most casual, spontaneous social situations in which there is no intention
to carry on a conversation, the unspoken rule is to engage in
_____________.
Type:
Multiple Choice Hint:
Feedback for Setting the Stage for Interaction, p. 376
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civil inattention
Correct
spatial inattention
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civil gaze
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framed deference
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Question 5
The ____________ of nonverbal behavior includes how such factors as
setting, role expectations, and rules governing the situation affect what
nonverbal behaviors are enacted.
Type:
Multiple Choice Hint:
Feedback for Setting the Stage for Interaction, p. 377
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Question 6
Answer
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connectivity
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content
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context
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environment
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_________ include(s) the ability to exert control over self, objects, spaces,
information, and behavior, to regulate interactions with others, and to deny
unwanted access to or influence by others.
Type:
Hint:
Multiple Choice
Feedback for Setting the Stage for Interaction, p. 378
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Question 7
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The framing process
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Personal boundaries
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Privacy
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Conversational boundaries
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What are the four major types of privacy?
Hint:
Type:
Feedback for Setting the Stage for Interaction, p. 378
Multiple Choice
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Answer
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physical, psychiatric, psychological and
phenomenological
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quantity, quality, clarity and relevance
Incorrect
physical, social, psychological and informational
Correct
individual, dyad, familial and group
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Question 8
Feedback
Which dimension of privacy allows individuals to control affective and
cognitive inputs and outputs in order to prevent intrusions on their
intellectual and emotional property?
Type:
Multiple Choice Hint:
Feedback for Setting the Stage for Interaction, p. 379
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informational
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interpersonal
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intrapersonal
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psychological
Correct
Question 9
Institutional arrangements of benches along a wall, parallel church pews,
and rows of connected seats in airports are all examples of semifixed
features creating ___________________.
Type:
Multiple Choice Hint:
Feedback for Setting the Stage for Interaction, p. 380
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Question 10
Type:
Multiple Choice
Question 11
Type:
Multiple Choice
Answer
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sociopetal environments
Incorrect
sociofugal environments
Correct
spatial unity
Incorrect
privacy barriers
Incorrect
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Which is NOT one of the ways time can be manipulated to regulate
privacy?
Hint:
Feedback for Setting the Stage for Interaction, p. 382
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Answer
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using interactional territories during non-peak
hours
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assigning public space according to private
interests
Correct
assigning different functions by time
Incorrect
segregate use of a particular setting by time
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Researchers identified the _______________ as the most effective cue for
indicating that one does not want to be bothered.
Hint:
Feedback for Managing Conversations, p. 386
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Answer
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glare
Incorrect
clenched jaw
Incorrect
protruded tongue
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creased forehead
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Question 12
_______________ are highly ritualized behaviors designed to signal
greater availability for interaction and to determine the intimacy level of
the relationship.
Type:
Multiple Choice Hint:
Feedback for Beginning and Ending Conversations, p. 387
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Answer
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Smiles
Incorrect
Hand contacts
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Termination cues
Incorrect
Greetings
Correct
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Question 13
A _____________ is a series of opportunities to speak and to listen,
comprised of times during which one speaker has sole possession of the
floor.
Type:
Multiple Choice Hint:
Feedback for Turn-Taking in Conversations, p. 389
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Question 14
Answer
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turn
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request
Incorrect
conversation
Correct
superlative
Incorrect
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Facing away from the listener, using verbal fillers, such as "uhhhh," and
continuation of a gesture are all examples of ___________ cues a speaker
can use to maintain possession of the floor.
Type:
Multiple Choice Hint:
Feedback for Turn-Taking in Conversations, p. 391
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Answer
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turn-taking
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turn-requesting
Incorrect
turn-yielding
Incorrect
turn-suppressing
Correct
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Question 15
In conversations among three or more people, eye contact, gesturing, and
head nodding in the direction of a given listener all serve as
_____________ cues that increase the probability of that person being the
Type:
Multiple Choice next speaker.
Hint:
Feedback for Turn-Taking in Conversations, p. 391
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Question 16
Type:
Multiple Choice
Answer
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backchannel
Incorrect
turn-requesting
Incorrect
turn-yielding
Correct
multichannel
Incorrect
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Which type of listener cue would you use to communicate messages to the
speaker without gaining access to the conversational floor?
Hint:
Feedback for Turn-Taking in Conversations, p. 391
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backdoor
Incorrect
backchannel
Correct
ingroup
Incorrect
turn-sharing
Incorrect
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Question 17
___________ are periods within conversations when discussion focuses on
a particular topic, while ___________ are segments of interaction during
which a person maintains a consistent disposition toward the topic and
Type:
Multiple Choice speakers.
Hint:
Feedback for Topic Management and Exchange, p. 393
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Answer
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Positions; episodes
Incorrect
Episodes; positions
Correct
Episodes; opinions
Incorrect
Positions; opinions
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Question 18
Proxemic shifts, extrainteractional activities, silences and paralinguistic
cues are the four classes of nonverbal cues that are ______________ in
conversation.
Type:
Multiple Choice Hint:
Feedback for Topic Management and Exchange, p. 393
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answers:
Answer
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accommodation cues
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boundary markers
Correct
position shifters
Incorrect
turn-taking boundaries
Incorrect
Question 19
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A precursor of many contemporary theories of interaction adaptation,
______________, also called equilibrium theory, states that humans seek
to bring competing drives to approach others and to avoid others into
Type:
Multiple Choice balance. The point at which two communicators are comfortable with the
level of immediacy defines an equilibrium point.
Hint:
Feedback for Interaction Adaptation Patterns, p. 397
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Answer
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affiliative conflict theory
Correct
interaction adaptation theory
Incorrect
communication accommodation theory
Incorrect
expectancy violations theory
Incorrect
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Question 20
Sociological evidence indicates that people follow "the golden rule," a
____________, by treating others as they treat us and returning good for
good.
Type:
Multiple Choice Hint:
Feedback for Interaction Adaptation Patterns, p. 397
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answers:
Answer
Graded As
norm of equilibrium
Incorrect
norm of reciprocity
Correct
cognitive-valence schema
Incorrect
communication accommodation theory
Incorrect
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