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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 and neck extended toward object - ears forward - focused eyes - sniffing - held up
Uncertain
Curious
Speed and Tempo
Turn-denying behaviors
2. Shakes head - darting ears - attentive eyes - nostrils quivering - pawing - vocalizing -
Expectant
Interactional territory
Eye movements
Congruence
3. Head is steady - ears are neutral - cocked foot - casual tail
Relaxation
Interactional territory
Body language
Content/satisfied
4. 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
Alexander technique
Primary Territory
Turn-maintaining cues
Content/satisfied
5. 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
Noninclusive posture
Challenging
Speed and Tempo
High
6. How open you are - available for communication. Shown through direct body leaning - anything not symmetrical.
Curious
Immediacy
Angry/annoyed
Fearful
7. Head down - half mast ears - droopy eyes - slack muzzle - inactive feet - low and still tail
Expectant
Rhythm
Bored/rest
Body Posture
8. 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
Rhythm
Public territory
Turn-yielding cues
Congruence
9. Ears fixed on source - wide open eyes - flared and snorting - standing frozen or fleeing -
Torsion
Fearful
Immediacy
Low
10. 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
Immediacy
Secondary territory
Gait
Relaxation
11. Length of your stride.
Submissive
Eye contact
Face-to-face posture
Gait
12. Head/neck stretched -'snaky' - ears pinned - eyes closed to slits - muzzle pursed - swishing tail - kicking - stomping
Interactional territory
Angry/annoyed
Submissive
Uncertain
13. Shows difference between people because of differences in status because of body language.
Low
Eye movements
Incongruence
Speed and Tempo
14. When two people imitate or share a similar posture. May symbolize agreement - equality - and liking between them.
Inclusive posture
Neutral body
Congruence
Alexander technique
15. 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 -
Uncertain
Turn-requesting regulators
Noninclusive posture
Turn-maintaining cues
16. Territory considered to be the exclusive domain of its owner; if the territory is used by its owner virtually every day
Alexander technique
Primary Territory
Neutral body
Incongruence
17. 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.
Expectant
Home territory
Congruence
Eye contact
18. 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
Home territory
Observation/awareness - inhibition - direction - practice
Torsion
Relaxation
19. Meeting of the eyes between two individuals
Eye contact
Primary Territory
Angry/annoyed
Uncertain
20. Personal space. Portable - carry it with us everywhere we go.
Turn-requesting regulators
Immediacy
Body territory
Uncertain
21. 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
Challenging
Alexander technique
Rhythm
Body Posture
22. Form of non-verbal communication which consists of body posture - gestures - facial expressions - and eye movements. Humans send and interpret such signals subconsciously.
Body language
Home territory
Gait
Turn-denying behaviors
23. The amount of twisting and swaying that the lower part of the body does
Countertoursion
Speed and Tempo
Curious
Gestures
24. __ status people tend to make themselves seem invisible
Content/satisfied
Low
Body Posture
Primary Territory
25. 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.
Facial expressions
Gestures
Rhythm
Secondary territory
26. 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
Turn-requesting regulators
Low
Congruence
27. The amount of twisting and swaying that the upper part of body (chest and arms too) does.
Challenging
Eye movements
Relaxation
Torsion
28. No wasted movements-only uses energy that's necessary and appropriate to accomplish a task.
Neutral body
Turn-yielding cues
Challenging
Low
29. Any kind of posture that can be used to cut people out.
Noninclusive posture
Eye contact
Gestures
Public territory
30. How you hold yourself. Habitually or intentionally chosen posture.
Inclusive posture
Speed and Tempo
Body Posture
Low
31. Open posture
Neutral body
Relaxation
Inclusive posture
Speed and Tempo
32. Head low and averted - half mast ears - eyes averted - chewing and smaking lips
Submissive
Angry/annoyed
Torsion
Face-to-face posture
33. 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
Public territory
Turn-yielding cues
Rhythm
Secondary territory
34. Rate at which you move. How fast or slow you just do things in general
Neutral body
Speed and Tempo
Gait
Gestures
35. Voluntary and involuntary movements of eyes
Alexander technique
Gait
Gestures
Eye movements
36. 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
Body language
Relaxation
Inclusive posture
Rhythm
37. __ status people tend to take up max space - are incredibly still - and don't make noise - hold eye contact.
Home territory
Rhythm
High
Angry/annoyed
38. 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.
Interactional territory
Incongruence
Speed and Tempo
Rhythm
39. SADFISH - Sadness - Anger - Disgust - Fear - Interest - Surprise - Happiness - love SADFISH
Bored/rest
Incongruence
Body language
Facial expressions
40. Head up and tense - flicking ears - darting eyes - quivering nostrils - frozen or moving around maybe sweating
Content/satisfied
Incongruence
Uncertain
Congruence
41. 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.
Primary Territory
High
Turn-denying behaviors
Countertoursion
42. 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.
Face-to-face posture
Congruence
Rhythm
Facial expressions