Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Self-Quiz

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. Research on the relationship between body types and attraction suggests that:

Thin body types are attractive in almost all cultures. correct incorrect

When food is scarce and nutrition poor, plump body types tend to be more attractive. correct incorrect

Muscular body types are attractive in most cultures. correct incorrect

There is little or no relationship between body type and the environment. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following qualify as the type of gestures known as object-adaptors?

tapping a pencil while taking a test correct incorrect

chewing your nails correct incorrect

tapping your foot rapidly correct incorrect

repeatedly curling your hair with a finger correct incorrect

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. Which of the following nonverbal behaviors are involved in expressing liking or affection for another person:

facial animation, including eye contact correct incorrect

smiling and head nodding correct incorrect

frequent use of illustrator gestures correct incorrect

all of the above correct incorrect

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. Leakage cues refer to

facial expressions that people have misread correct incorrect

one of the characteristic styles of facial expressions correct incorrect

unintended signs of how a person really feels correct incorrect

a technique employed by professional actors correct incorrect

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. How did you know I was angry?" is typical of a person with which characteristic styles of facial expression?

withholder correct incorrect

revealer correct incorrect

frozen-affect expressor correct incorrect

unwitting expressor correct incorrect

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. Chronemics refers to the interpretation of messages involving which sense:

smell correct incorrect

taste correct incorrect

time correct incorrect

All of the above. correct incorrect

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. Which theory explains whether nonverbal behavior will be reciprocated or compensated for based primarily on positive or negative valence and the perceived reward value of the other person?

cognitive valence theory correct incorrect

expectancy violations theory correct incorrect

reciprocity theory correct incorrect

arousal theory correct incorrect

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. Equivocal communication refers to

a newscaster delivering the weather report on the six o'clock news correct incorrect

ambiguous messages often used to avoid hurting another person's feelings correct incorrect

helping others clarify their own feelings correct incorrect

pointing out contradictory nonverbal and verbal messages correct incorrect

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. According to cognitive valence theory, which of the following schemata are necessary to make sense of expectancy violations:

cultural appropriateness correct incorrect

personal predisposition correct incorrect

relationship expectation correct incorrect

all of the above correct incorrect

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. Body symmetry refers to

thin, muscular, or plump body types correct incorrect

the proportionality or relative length, size, or distance between related physical features correct incorrect

the extent to which both sides of the face or body mirror each other correct incorrect

all of the above correct incorrect