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