C464 WGU Exam -Questions with
Answers
Adaptors - Answer Movements that communicators engage in, sometimes
unconsciously, to relieve stress and anxiety. For example, a nervous speaker may
tap their fingers on the podium.
Proxemics - Answer The ways in which humans use and manage the space around them
as a way of shaping meanings
Intimate distance - Answer <18 inches from you. Reserved for the closest people.
Personal distance - Answer 18 inches to 4 feet away from you. Used by most
Americans for conversation with friends and acquaintances
Social distance - Answer 4 feet to 12 feet. Most often used in the workplace
Public distance - Answer >12 feet away. Used in public speaking and lecturing.
Haptics - Answer The use of touch in communication
, Paralanguage - Answer Uses of the voice other than to express words and phrases such
as pitch, rate, tone, enunciation
Artifacts - Answer Ornaments and adornments a person displays. Jewelry, hairstyle
and colors, makeup, clothing, watches, cars, glasses
Dyadic relationships - Answer A relationship involving two people
Inclusion needs - Answer Our need to feel accepted by and involved with others
Control needs - Answer Concerned with the extent to which relationships help us
feel competent and confident as individuals, and, by extension, influential over
others
Affection needs - Answer The need to feel attached, devoted, or loved
Initiating or Orientation - Answer The earliest period of a new relationship.
Communication is fairly nonintimate and impersonal. Conversations are restricted
to safe and positive topics.
Direct strategies - Answer Fairly straightforward in their intent. People introduce
themselves, invite others to participate in activities, or make explicit statements
of attraction
Social attraction - Answer The attraction friends feel toward one another based
on shared enjoyment of activities and interests
Task attraction - Answer The desire to work together or form professional
connections based on a perception that the individual is competent or skilled
Answers
Adaptors - Answer Movements that communicators engage in, sometimes
unconsciously, to relieve stress and anxiety. For example, a nervous speaker may
tap their fingers on the podium.
Proxemics - Answer The ways in which humans use and manage the space around them
as a way of shaping meanings
Intimate distance - Answer <18 inches from you. Reserved for the closest people.
Personal distance - Answer 18 inches to 4 feet away from you. Used by most
Americans for conversation with friends and acquaintances
Social distance - Answer 4 feet to 12 feet. Most often used in the workplace
Public distance - Answer >12 feet away. Used in public speaking and lecturing.
Haptics - Answer The use of touch in communication
, Paralanguage - Answer Uses of the voice other than to express words and phrases such
as pitch, rate, tone, enunciation
Artifacts - Answer Ornaments and adornments a person displays. Jewelry, hairstyle
and colors, makeup, clothing, watches, cars, glasses
Dyadic relationships - Answer A relationship involving two people
Inclusion needs - Answer Our need to feel accepted by and involved with others
Control needs - Answer Concerned with the extent to which relationships help us
feel competent and confident as individuals, and, by extension, influential over
others
Affection needs - Answer The need to feel attached, devoted, or loved
Initiating or Orientation - Answer The earliest period of a new relationship.
Communication is fairly nonintimate and impersonal. Conversations are restricted
to safe and positive topics.
Direct strategies - Answer Fairly straightforward in their intent. People introduce
themselves, invite others to participate in activities, or make explicit statements
of attraction
Social attraction - Answer The attraction friends feel toward one another based
on shared enjoyment of activities and interests
Task attraction - Answer The desire to work together or form professional
connections based on a perception that the individual is competent or skilled
