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Body Language
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Subject
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soft-skills
Instructions:
Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Head down - half mast ears - droopy eyes - slack muzzle - inactive feet - low and still tail
Body language
Low
Alexander technique
Bored/rest
2. Used by speakers who want to continue talking. They are especially observant when listener is trying to interrupt. Ie: keeping eye contact to a minimum increasing the rate and loudness of speech - indirect body orientation - filled pauses - and halti
Torsion
Noninclusive posture
Turn-maintaining cues
Facial expressions
3. No wasted movements-only uses energy that's necessary and appropriate to accomplish a task.
Neutral body
Expectant
Content/satisfied
Turn-maintaining cues
4. Way to live in your body most efficiently. not wasting energy - but channeling it to most efficient ways. Minimizes tension. Gives your body a center/balance - helps vocal cords. Also helps mind-body connection. Helps you gain height
Public territory
Torsion
Alexander technique
Rhythm
5. Form of non-verbal communication which consists of body posture - gestures - facial expressions - and eye movements. Humans send and interpret such signals subconsciously.
Turn-requesting regulators
High
Body language
Countertoursion
6. Type of posture usually when two people are engaging in a conversation. Could be a sign of more formal relationship (boss employee) - someone needing monitoring - more active interaction.
Curious
Fearful
Face-to-face posture
Challenging
7. How you hold yourself. Habitually or intentionally chosen posture.
Relaxation
Speed and Tempo
Body Posture
Turn-requesting regulators
8. Head/neck stretched -'snaky' - ears pinned - eyes closed to slits - muzzle pursed - swishing tail - kicking - stomping
Gait
Angry/annoyed
Observation/awareness - inhibition - direction - practice
Congruence
9. Personal space. Portable - carry it with us everywhere we go.
Eye movements
Body territory
Observation/awareness - inhibition - direction - practice
Facial expressions
10. __ status people tend to make themselves seem invisible
High
Primary Territory
Low
Gestures
11. __ status people tend to take up max space - are incredibly still - and don't make noise - hold eye contact.
High
Secondary territory
Gestures
Low
12. Voluntary and involuntary movements of eyes
Bored/rest
Body territory
Home territory
Eye movements
13. Opposite of immediacy. Can also take you away from people - or show you're 'right there' like leaning back but can show status too if you did that like in an interview
Immediacy
Body Posture
Relaxation
Congruence
14. Any kind of posture that can be used to cut people out.
High
Fearful
Expectant
Noninclusive posture
15. Ears fixed on source - wide open eyes - flared and snorting - standing frozen or fleeing -
Fearful
Countertoursion
Challenging
Inclusive posture
16. Head low and averted - half mast ears - eyes averted - chewing and smaking lips
Submissive
Angry/annoyed
Uncertain
Interactional territory
17. Movements; nonverbal message in which visable body actions communicate a particular message either in place of speech or together with speech. Can be formed with any part of body - even face.
Gestures
Uncertain
Countertoursion
Gait
18. Fluctuation and variation of movements marked by natural flow of body or regular occurance (like people who walk on their toes). Usually relatd to music..the musicality of your body.
Rhythm
Neutral body
Secondary territory
Turn-yielding cues
19. The amount of twisting and swaying that the upper part of body (chest and arms too) does.
Bored/rest
Gait
Torsion
Secondary territory
20. SADFISH - Sadness - Anger - Disgust - Fear - Interest - Surprise - Happiness - love SADFISH
Facial expressions
Angry/annoyed
Fearful
Incongruence
21. Shows difference between people because of differences in status because of body language.
High
Submissive
Interactional territory
Incongruence
22. Head and neck extended toward object - ears forward - focused eyes - sniffing - held up
Submissive
Torsion
Observation/awareness - inhibition - direction - practice
Curious
23. Head and neck stretched up and out - moving slowly back and forth - ears extremely active - eyes focused - nostrils are flared - lipping - chewing - prancing - tail is held high swishing
Body Posture
Challenging
Primary Territory
Expectant
24. Territory considered to be the exclusive domain of its owner; if the territory is used by its owner virtually every day
Curious
Primary Territory
Gait
Body territory
25. Ending conversations; eye contact/body language. Given by speakers who wish to discontinue talking and givve the listener the opportunity to take the speaking role. May include direct body orientation - a forward lean - a beckoning gesture with the h
Face-to-face posture
Turn-yielding cues
Angry/annoyed
Body language
26. Used by the listener to signal the speaker that he or she would like to talk. Ie raising the hand - audible intake or breath - tensing and straightening of posture -
Content/satisfied
Congruence
Incongruence
Turn-requesting regulators
27. Head is steady - ears are neutral - cocked foot - casual tail
Low
Content/satisfied
Speed and Tempo
Turn-maintaining cues
28. Cues listeners use to signal that we decline our turn to speak. Ie sustaining a relaxed posture - while remaining silent slow and frequent positive head nods - and positive vocal utterences to signal speaker to keep going.
Turn-denying behaviors
High
Noninclusive posture
Eye movements
29. Open to anyone and is seldom under the constant control of any one person or group. Subject to temporary ownership and often protected with as much vigor as personal property. Most difficult of all territories to maintain
Public territory
Angry/annoyed
High
Observation/awareness - inhibition - direction - practice
30. Shakes head - darting ears - attentive eyes - nostrils quivering - pawing - vocalizing -
Curious
Expectant
Body Posture
Facial expressions
31. When two people imitate or share a similar posture. May symbolize agreement - equality - and liking between them.
Face-to-face posture
Congruence
Angry/annoyed
Incongruence
32. Rate at which you move. How fast or slow you just do things in general
Noninclusive posture
Submissive
Speed and Tempo
Gait
33. Develop wherever people congregate for social exchange. Two people standing in the middle of a hallway carrying on a conversation and how passerbyers go a great length to avoid intruding.
Home territory
Gestures
Angry/annoyed
Interactional territory
34. The amount of twisting and swaying that the lower part of the body does
Countertoursion
Submissive
Body territory
Relaxation
35. Open posture
Eye contact
Secondary territory
Inclusive posture
High
36. Meeting of the eyes between two individuals
Body language
Eye contact
Relaxation
Congruence
37. Head up and tense - flicking ears - darting eyes - quivering nostrils - frozen or moving around maybe sweating
Incongruence
Fearful
Uncertain
Facial expressions
38. Not under the owner's exclusive control; generally associated with a particular person or group frequently seen in and around it. Think of a popular meeting place. More vulnerable to invasion and takeover by others
Gait
Eye contact
Secondary territory
Noninclusive posture
39. How open you are - available for communication. Shown through direct body leaning - anything not symmetrical.
Fearful
Incongruence
Immediacy
Torsion
40. Length of your stride.
Gait
Content/satisfied
Angry/annoyed
Immediacy
41. With Alexander Technique - there are several rules.1) __/__: so you can understand ticks. 2) __: inhibit your old habits. Constant. Must choose not to respond habitually - break out of old habits - and set new ones. 3) ___: 4 concepts of good body us
Turn-requesting regulators
Speed and Tempo
Observation/awareness - inhibition - direction - practice
High
42. Regular patrons. Represents groups who have taken a public place and made it their own. Claimants have a sense of freedom in terms of their behavior and their control over the territory is somewhat continuous.
Eye contact
Home territory
Uncertain
Curious