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Higher Education

Interplay: The Process of Interpersonal Communication, Third Canadian Edition - Student Practice Quiz - Chapter 6

Instructions: For each question, click on the radio button beside your answer. When you have completed the entire quiz, click the Submit my answers button at the bottom of the page to receive your results.

Question 1:


a) personal space bubbles vary in size according to the person we're with
b) unhappy couples don't like to be touched
c) happy couples prefer to be able to see details of their partner’s appearance
d) happiness makes people less aware of the distance between them
e) All of the above are true.

Question 2:


a) rate and pitch
b) disfluencies and pauses.
c) tone and volume
d) All of the above.
e) A and c only.

Question 3:


a) Touching someone lightly is more persuasive than a heavier touch.
b) Touching someone on the arm is the most persuasive location for compliance.
c) Touch increases compliance.
d) Touch increases understanding.
e) If you touch someone, she or he will do what you want.

Question 4:


a) Paralanguage
b) Body movement
c) Posture
d) Gestures
e) Physical orientation to others

Question 5:


a) illustrator
b) adaptor
c) emblem.
d) manipulator
e) None of the above.

Question 6:


a) True
b) False

Question 7:


a) True
b) False

Question 8:


a) True
b) False

Question 9:


a) True
b) False

Question 10:


a) True
b) False