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Interpersonal Communications Chapter 6 Study Guide Questions

Nonverbal communication conveys thoughts, feelings, and helps define relationships without words. It is relational and ambiguous, with nonverbal cues being unintentional unlike verbal messages. Understanding nonverbal skills is important for comprehending people without spoken language. Nonverbal communication is also a strong predictor of popularity and well-being. While verbal communication relies on words alone, nonverbal communication incorporates voice, gestures, and posture. Nonverbal communication also flows continuously compared to the intermittent nature of verbal exchanges. Nonverbal cues have a stronger impact when contradictory to words.

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Interpersonal Communications Chapter 6 Study Guide Questions

Nonverbal communication conveys thoughts, feelings, and helps define relationships without words. It is relational and ambiguous, with nonverbal cues being unintentional unlike verbal messages. Understanding nonverbal skills is important for comprehending people without spoken language. Nonverbal communication is also a strong predictor of popularity and well-being. While verbal communication relies on words alone, nonverbal communication incorporates voice, gestures, and posture. Nonverbal communication also flows continuously compared to the intermittent nature of verbal exchanges. Nonverbal cues have a stronger impact when contradictory to words.

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Chapter 6 Study Guide Questions

1. Nonverbal behavior has communicative value. This means that even when you show
nonverbal behavior, you are still communicating with a person and showing thoughts and
feelings. Nonverbal communication is primarily relational, meaning that nonverbal cues
help us manage identities, define our relationships, and convey emotion. Nonverbal
communication is ambiguous meaning that nonverbal communication is hard to interpret
accurately. Nonverbal communication differs from verbal communication meaning that
verbal messages are intentional and nonverbal cues are often unintentional. Nonverbal
skills are important in understanding people without actual words. Nonverbal encoding
and decoding skills are strong predictors of popularity, attractiveness, and socioemotional
well-being.

2. Complexity with verbal communication is one dimensional, meaning words only, while
nonverbal communication is multiple dimensions meaning voice, posture, gestures, etc.
Flow with verbal communication is intermittent, meaning speaking and silence alternate,
while nonverbal communication is continuous flow meaning it's impossible not to
communicate nonverbally. Clarity with verbal communication is less subject to
misinterpretation while nonverbal communication clarity is more ambiguous. Impact with
verbal communication has less impact when verbal and nonverbal cues are contradictory,
while nonverbal communication has stronger impact when verbal and nonverbal cues are
contradictory. Intentionality in verbal communication is usually deliberate while nonverbal
communication is often unintentional.

3. Kinesics is the study of body movement, gesture, and posture. You know how someone
feels by their body posture. Paralanguage is nonlinguistic means of vocal expression: rare,
pitch, tone, and so on. One example is listening to the voice and the pitch. Disfluencies
are vocal interruptions such as stammering and use of “uh”, “um”, and “er.” Proxemics is
the study of how people and animals use space. One example is Hong Kong residents
live in crowded residential quarters where most North Americans don't. Territoriality is
fixed space that an individual assumes some right to occupy. One example is a room or
house which we consider as our “right.” Chronemics is the study of how humans use and
structure time. The U.S values time highly, waiting can be an indicator of status. More
important people may be seen by appointment only.

4. Monochromic is the use of time that emphasizes punctuality, schedules, and completing
one task at a time. These cultures include North America, German, and Swiss.

5. Polychronic is the use of time that emphasizes flexible schedules in which multiple tasks
are pursued at the same time. These cultures include South America, Mediterranean, and
Arab.

6. Intimate distance begins with skin to skin contact and ranges to about 18 inches. Personal
distance ranges from 18 inches at its closest point to 4 feet at its farthest. Social distance
ranges from 4 to about 12 feet. Public distance is the farthest zone, running outward from
12 feet.

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