Raising your hand when you want to speak up in class is an example of which kind of gesture? (We use them to manage the flow of conversation)
Regulator
100
By showing up early for a job interview, you are using which channel of nonverbal communication to show your potential employer that you are responsible and professional?
Chronemics
100
_____ is the passive sensory process of perceiving sounds, while _____ is the active process of interpreting a message you hear.
Hearing, listening
100
Brock is nodding his head and providing some verbal feedback, but he’s not actually processing what you’re saying to him. What do we call this type of pretending to pay attention?
Pseudolistening
100
Which movie opens with the following line?
"People are always asking me if I know Tyler Durden."
Fight Club
200
When the two are in conflict, which are we more likely to believe, verbal messages or nonverbal communication?
Nonverbal
200
What is the name of the nonverbal channel that includes characteristics such as pitch, articulation, rate, volume, and disfluencies?
Vocalics (or paralanguage)
200
Your BFF had a really bad week, so you meet up for coffee to let her vent about it. By trying to understand how he’s feeling, you’re engaging in which type of listening?
Empathic listening
200
What is the barrier to listening that occurs when one mentally refutes the points being made by the speaker?
Rebuttal tendency
200
Queen of Jordan is a fake reality show in which real sitcom?
30 Rock
300
What is the name for the textual representations of facial expressions we’ve come to use to make up for the lack of nonverbal cues in conversations that don’t occur face-to-face?
Emoticons
300
It would be difficult for Hologram Tupac to communicate through which nonverbal channel of communication?
Haptics (or olfactics)
300
The HURIER model outlines the 6 stages of effective listening. What are those stages?
Environmental sounds and the stress of an impending deadline are examples of which distractions?
Noise
300
Which wealthy Austrian nobleman’s whose assassination precipitated World War I?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
400
A hug is an example of which kind of nonverbal behavior that communicates affection or affiliation?
Immediacy behavior (or affect display)
400
_____ is the study of eye behavior, which includes eye contact and pupil dilation.
Oculesics
400
When you go to a concert or a comedy show, you’re probably going to engage in what kind of listening?
Appreciative
400
Being bombarded with various message and stimuli can lead to a sense of being overwhelmed. What do communication scholars call this feeling?
Information overload
400
Which now-rare form of birth control does Seinfeld’s Elaine hoard in a seventh season episode?
The sponge
500
What do we call the spatial zone we occupy with friends and relatives? (usually about 1.5 – 4 feet from us)
Personal space
500
Your posture and the way you walk may communication something via which channel?
Kinesics
500
Dave typically listens with an ear for organized detailed information and directives. By always focusing on what he needs to do with information, Dave exhibits which style of listening?
Action-oriented
500
Emily constantly dominates conversations. She can never let anyone finish speaking before she butts in with her own opinion or story. What aggravating behavior is Emily engaging in?
Competitive Interrupting
500
Which brand of jackets, which prominently featured sports team names and logos, became a popular fad in the 1990s?