PSYC 375 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
Encoding
thoughts and ideas get processed in the brain
the person 'sending' the message
decoding
interpreting someones message using verbal and nonverbal cues
the person 'receiving' the message
what does non-verbal communication do
moderated how we interpret messaging
with nonverbal "accents" what increases accuracy of interpreting someones affectivity?
increased length of exposure to the individual or culture
gestures across cultures can cause:
cultural miscommunications
gesture recognition and identification is correlated with:
length of stay
communicating sarcasm study
p's in the email and voice condition both anticipated their accuracy of conveying their message to
the receiver to be high, however the email condition was way less accurate than the voice
message. this is because with voice you can use non verbal communication skills to read a
message.
What was invented to add clarification to meaning in texts?
emojis
mimicry and liking study
, participants were more likely to like the confederate and rate their interaction with them as
smoother when the confederate was in the mimicry condition, opposed to the control
mimicry
an unconscious expression of liking
"social ability"
people vary in how well they encode/decode language
Noller's Method encoding problem
when the observer and the spouse cannot correctly decode the message
Noller's Method decoding problem
when the observer correctly decodes the message, but the spouse is incorrect
Who tends to have the most decoding problems
husbands in troubled marriages
According to Noller, who were husbands in unhappy marriages most able to understand?
strangers messages, compared to their spouse's
decoding performance deficits
implies there's a decoding deficit because of a certain individual/partner/circumstance, not just a
general decoding deficit
The 5 bad habits:
-Kitchen sinking
- Negative mind reading
- Yes-butting
- Cross-complaining
- Demand Withdrawl
Kitchen sinking
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
Encoding
thoughts and ideas get processed in the brain
the person 'sending' the message
decoding
interpreting someones message using verbal and nonverbal cues
the person 'receiving' the message
what does non-verbal communication do
moderated how we interpret messaging
with nonverbal "accents" what increases accuracy of interpreting someones affectivity?
increased length of exposure to the individual or culture
gestures across cultures can cause:
cultural miscommunications
gesture recognition and identification is correlated with:
length of stay
communicating sarcasm study
p's in the email and voice condition both anticipated their accuracy of conveying their message to
the receiver to be high, however the email condition was way less accurate than the voice
message. this is because with voice you can use non verbal communication skills to read a
message.
What was invented to add clarification to meaning in texts?
emojis
mimicry and liking study
, participants were more likely to like the confederate and rate their interaction with them as
smoother when the confederate was in the mimicry condition, opposed to the control
mimicry
an unconscious expression of liking
"social ability"
people vary in how well they encode/decode language
Noller's Method encoding problem
when the observer and the spouse cannot correctly decode the message
Noller's Method decoding problem
when the observer correctly decodes the message, but the spouse is incorrect
Who tends to have the most decoding problems
husbands in troubled marriages
According to Noller, who were husbands in unhappy marriages most able to understand?
strangers messages, compared to their spouse's
decoding performance deficits
implies there's a decoding deficit because of a certain individual/partner/circumstance, not just a
general decoding deficit
The 5 bad habits:
-Kitchen sinking
- Negative mind reading
- Yes-butting
- Cross-complaining
- Demand Withdrawl
Kitchen sinking
