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Introductory
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Practice Test
Question 1
Facial expressions, gestures and vocalizations serve a(n) ____________
function when they do not covey meaning but simply "spill-over" from the
speech process
Type:
Multiple Choice Hint:
Feedback for Is Body Language Really a Language?, p. 202
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Question 2
Type:
Multiple Choice
Question 3
Type:
Multiple Choice
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interpersonal
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intrapersonal
Correct
gesticular
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inadvertent
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The color spectrum is one example of a(n) ____________ code, composed
of an infinite, continuous range of naturally occurring values.
Hint:
Feedback for Is Body Language Really a Language?, p. 203
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organic
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digital
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synthetic
Incorrect
analogic
Correct
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Language is a(n) _________________ because it is composed of
recognizable, discrete, and arbitrary units.
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Feedback for Properties of Coding Systems, p. 203
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Question 4
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Multiple Choice
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synthetic encoding
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analogic coding
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digital coding
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alphanumeric coding
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___________ refers to the morphological, syntactic, and semantic rules
governing the composition of a code.
Hint:
Feedback for Properties of Coding Systems, p. 205
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Grammar
Correct
Morphology
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Prevarication
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Iconicity
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Question 5
___________ rules dictate how emotional expressions are tempered,
modified, masked, or exaggerated in public according to a given culture's
norms for emotional displays.
Type:
Multiple Choice Hint:
Feedback for Properties of Coding Systems, p. 206
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Dogmatic
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Semantic
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Pragmatic
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Dialogic
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Question 6
The word "pot" is an example of ______________; a word with multiple
meanings; to decipher the correct meaning, the communicator must rely on
context and culture.
Type:
Multiple Choice Hint:
Feedback for Properties of Coding Systems, p. 207
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Question 7
Type:
Multiple Choice
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polysemy
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multifactorial
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universality
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reflexivity
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_______________ has(have) the quality of reflexivity; it can be used to
talk about itself.
Hint:
Feedback for Properties of Coding Systems, p. 208
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Proxemics
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Language
Correct
Haptics
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Artifacts
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Question 8
Nonverbal behaviors are ____________ to the degree that they resemble
directly what they refer to and preserve a one-to-one correspondence in
size.
Type:
Multiple Choice Hint:
Feedback for Properties of Coding Systems, p. 208
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Question 9
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universal
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reflexive
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emblematic
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iconic
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Which part of the brain controls vocabulary, rhythmic patterns, and free
movements that accompany speech?
Hint:
Type:
Feedback for Neurophysiology of Nonverbal Encoding and Decoding, p.
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Question 10
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Multiple Choice
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the left hemisphere
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the right hemisphere
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the cerebellum
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the parietal lobe
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Which part of the brain is better for deductive, convergent, discrete,
intellectual, objective, literal and denotative tasks?
Hint:
Feedback for Neurophysiology of Nonverbal Encoding and Decoding, p.
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the right brain
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the paleomammalian brain
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the left brain
Correct
the neomammalian brain
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Question 11
MacLean proposed a Triune brain, which consisted of three parts; the
_________________, the paleomammalian brain and the neomammalian
brain.
Type:
Multiple Choice Hint:
Feedback for Neurophysiology of Nonverbal Encoding and Decoding, p.
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B-complex
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R-complex
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paleontological brain
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protomammalian brain
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Question 12
Type:
Multiple Choice
In the third and final step of the message production process, called
__________________, the right sounds are put with the words.
Hint:
Feedback for Nonverbal Behavior and Message Production, p. 216
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phonological encoding
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phonological decoding
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phonological retrieval
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semantic encoding
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Question 13
During ____________, ideas are translated into symbolic expressions
which may convey a central meaning, may augment or modify the verbally
expressed meaning, or may contradict the verbal meaning.
Type:
Multiple Choice Hint:
Feedback for Nonverbal Behavior and Message Production, p. 216
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phonological encoding
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phonological decoding
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semantic encoding
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message generation
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Question 14
Unlike written language, which is made up of sentences and paragraphs,
conversational language is composed of noticeable segments of speech
called ____________________.
Type:
Multiple Choice Hint:
Feedback for Nonverbal Behavior and Message Production, p. 218
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phonological chunks
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syntactic phrases
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phonemic clauses
Correct
auditory clauses
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Question 15
In conversational language, simultaneous changes in pitch, rhythm, and
loudness of an utterance produce what is called _______________ and
mark the whole phrase into two segments.
Type:
Multiple Choice Hint:
Feedback for Nonverbal Behavior and Message Production, p. 219
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primary stress
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secondary stress
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terminal juncture
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verbal taxation
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Question 16
Scholars have gone in search for reliable external indicators of
________________; meaning that someone is thinking or having difficulty
putting his or her thoughts into words.
Type:
Multiple Choice Hint:
Feedback for Nonverbal Behavior and Message Production, p. 219
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Question 17
Type:
Multiple Choice
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cognitive effort
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terminal juncture
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cognitive attrition
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phonological decay
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______________ is concerned with how humans acquire, store,
comprehend, and retrieve messages.
Hint:
Feedback for Message Processing, p. 220
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Feedback
Message production
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Semantic construction
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Message processing
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Semantic encoding
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Question 18
Communicators frequently encounter "mixed" messages in which the
combination of nonverbal and verbal cues does not provide a clear,
unambiguous message. When this happens, receivers are inclined to
Type:
Multiple Choice _________________________.
Hint:
Feedback for Message Processing, p. 223
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Question 19
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Multiple Choice
Question 20
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Answer
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wait until they receive a clear, unambiguous
message
Incorrect
rely on nonverbal cues to resolve the conflict
Correct
rely on verbal cues to resolve the conflict
Incorrect
resolve the conflict based on the extent to which
they know the message sender
Incorrect
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Research shows that children rely more on _________________ than
adults do.
Hint:
Feedback for Message Processing, p. 223
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nonverbal cues
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verbal cues
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message pitch
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message rhythm
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In a deception context, ______________ is more useful in detecting
factual lying, whereas ___________________ is more helpful when
detecting emotional deception.
Multiple Choice Hint:
Feedback for Message Processing, p. 223
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verbal content; nonverbal content
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nonverbal content; verbal content
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primary stress; secondary stress
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message pitch; message loudness
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