Chapter 5 Quiz

Burgoon argues that some nonverbal communication is so ambiguous that its interpretation is mediated by context

True or False

Messages sent without words are called nonverbal
communication

True or False

Kinesics refers to the study of the use of personal space

True or False

Haptics refers to the study of communication via smell

True or False

Edward Hall identified personal distance in North America as:

a. touching to 18 inches
b.18 inches to 4 feet
c. 4 feet to 12 feet
d. greater than 12 feet
e. none of the above

The thawb is one example of how meaning is conveyed by:

a. clothing
b. silence
c. territory
d. time
e. none of the above

Nonverbal communication can be broadly defined to refer to elements of the environment, such as the color of walls in a room, that communicate by virtue of people’s use of them.

True or False

The wai gesture reveals other aspects of Thai culture such as respect of parents and elders.

True or False

The study of our use of time is called:

a. chronemics
b. haptics
c. paralanguage
d. proxemics
e. none of the above

Burgoon argues that much nonverbal communication does have consistent usage across cultures and, as such, forms a vocabulary of nonverbal symbols

True or False