CMN 122 Exam 3 Final Test Questions
and All Actual Answers.
Nonverbal signals of love - Answer o 60 dating couples (discussions)
o Self-reports of love correlated with (Rubens love scale: how much romantic love you have for
your partner)
-More affirmative head nods
-More Duchenne smiling
-More forward leaning (toward partner)
-More hand gestures
Gaze and Intimacy - Answer -Couples who score high on romantic love scale exhibit a lot
more gaze
-Need for affiliation is positively associated with mutual gaze
Gaze and initial attraction - Answer -heterosexual participants look at photos of men and
women
-remote eye-tracking recording system
-all participants initially attracted to the face of the opposite sex models for longer periods of
time (esp. men looking at women)
-Most M to W, Least W to W
Then men looked at chest (evolutionary reproduction), women looked at legs (social
comparison) and both moved to crotch
Speech rate and intimacy - Answer - fewer and shorter pauses
- faster speech rate
- matching partner's vocal cues (loudness, pitch, variation, etc.)
Pitch and Romantic Relationships - Answer Place a call to a close same-sex friend and a
romantic partner
-two questions posed
-men raised pitch when talking to a romantic partner vs a friend
-women lower pitch when talking to a romantic partner vs a friend
-different vocal profiles when communicating a friend vs a partner
,-vocal convergence - Answer math our interaction partner on our paralinguistic behavior
Gesture and intimacy - Answer In positive friendly interactions, more object focused gestures
and fewer body focused gestures
(illustrators)
Posture and Intimacy - Answer -more forward lean
-direct shoulder/ body orientation (parallel shoulders)
-greater postural mimicry
Smiles and intimacy - Answer -not very reliable
-display rules
Romantic Display Rules - Answer -male subject watched 3 videos
-thought they were being observed by and attractive/ unattractive F researcher assistant
-led to frowning less while watching horror movies to communicate toughness
-led to smiling more when watching infant video to communicate kid friendliness
***Impression Management via facial expressions (display rule)
Space and intimacy - Answer -intimate space 0-18"
-Coupled w/ direct body orientation
-these communicate a desire to be intimate
Touch and Intimacy - Answer more touch (esp. in middle stages of close relationships)
Decoding of nonverbal behavior and intimacy - Answer oShrout and Fiske 1981 coded
behaviors in interactions
oSpeakers were rated on socially desirable traits (friendly, attractive etc.)
oWhich behaviors were associated with judgements of social Desirability?
- More head nods
- More short back channels (Nonverbal behaviors that indicate understanding)
- Longer smile duration
, - More frequent filled pauses
- Longer gaze duration
Decoding intimacy (attractive ratings) - Answer - speech rate (curvilinear)
- speech duration (moderate is ideal)
- eye gaze (curvilinear)
Decoding of touch and intimacy - Answer -touch to face = most affection, attraction and love
-touch to waist and forearm show high romantic attraction (but most indicative of harassment)
Relationship closeness and decoding nonverbal behaviors - Answer - Half of the people asked
to suppress the emotions, half either happy, sad or angry
- Judged by acquaintances, close friend and stranger
oClose friends are better decoders of each other's nonverbal than strangers are
oAcquaintances are better than close friends at decoding partners' negative affect when
partners attempt to conceal their negative emotion
♣The motivated inaccuracy model - when a partner has emotions, and we perceive them to be
negative or negatively threatened toward us, we are motivated to decode them inaccurately
postural congruence and mimicry = - Answer intimacy
Tun taking factoids - Answer -50% of all turns that occur in a conversation are smooth
(suggesting the turn taking system)
- A 'smooth' transition occurs when the floor switches from A to B without a perceptible pause
-occur in less then 250 ms
Cognitive multitasking - Answer -floor switches are fast (the moment we realize we have an
opportunity to speak, we take it "the gun shot and running")
-people MUST be anticipating and predicting the end of a speakers turn
-listeners plan their utterances while still listening to the speakers utterance
Simultaneous turns - Answer -both participants claim the speaking floor at the same time
and All Actual Answers.
Nonverbal signals of love - Answer o 60 dating couples (discussions)
o Self-reports of love correlated with (Rubens love scale: how much romantic love you have for
your partner)
-More affirmative head nods
-More Duchenne smiling
-More forward leaning (toward partner)
-More hand gestures
Gaze and Intimacy - Answer -Couples who score high on romantic love scale exhibit a lot
more gaze
-Need for affiliation is positively associated with mutual gaze
Gaze and initial attraction - Answer -heterosexual participants look at photos of men and
women
-remote eye-tracking recording system
-all participants initially attracted to the face of the opposite sex models for longer periods of
time (esp. men looking at women)
-Most M to W, Least W to W
Then men looked at chest (evolutionary reproduction), women looked at legs (social
comparison) and both moved to crotch
Speech rate and intimacy - Answer - fewer and shorter pauses
- faster speech rate
- matching partner's vocal cues (loudness, pitch, variation, etc.)
Pitch and Romantic Relationships - Answer Place a call to a close same-sex friend and a
romantic partner
-two questions posed
-men raised pitch when talking to a romantic partner vs a friend
-women lower pitch when talking to a romantic partner vs a friend
-different vocal profiles when communicating a friend vs a partner
,-vocal convergence - Answer math our interaction partner on our paralinguistic behavior
Gesture and intimacy - Answer In positive friendly interactions, more object focused gestures
and fewer body focused gestures
(illustrators)
Posture and Intimacy - Answer -more forward lean
-direct shoulder/ body orientation (parallel shoulders)
-greater postural mimicry
Smiles and intimacy - Answer -not very reliable
-display rules
Romantic Display Rules - Answer -male subject watched 3 videos
-thought they were being observed by and attractive/ unattractive F researcher assistant
-led to frowning less while watching horror movies to communicate toughness
-led to smiling more when watching infant video to communicate kid friendliness
***Impression Management via facial expressions (display rule)
Space and intimacy - Answer -intimate space 0-18"
-Coupled w/ direct body orientation
-these communicate a desire to be intimate
Touch and Intimacy - Answer more touch (esp. in middle stages of close relationships)
Decoding of nonverbal behavior and intimacy - Answer oShrout and Fiske 1981 coded
behaviors in interactions
oSpeakers were rated on socially desirable traits (friendly, attractive etc.)
oWhich behaviors were associated with judgements of social Desirability?
- More head nods
- More short back channels (Nonverbal behaviors that indicate understanding)
- Longer smile duration
, - More frequent filled pauses
- Longer gaze duration
Decoding intimacy (attractive ratings) - Answer - speech rate (curvilinear)
- speech duration (moderate is ideal)
- eye gaze (curvilinear)
Decoding of touch and intimacy - Answer -touch to face = most affection, attraction and love
-touch to waist and forearm show high romantic attraction (but most indicative of harassment)
Relationship closeness and decoding nonverbal behaviors - Answer - Half of the people asked
to suppress the emotions, half either happy, sad or angry
- Judged by acquaintances, close friend and stranger
oClose friends are better decoders of each other's nonverbal than strangers are
oAcquaintances are better than close friends at decoding partners' negative affect when
partners attempt to conceal their negative emotion
♣The motivated inaccuracy model - when a partner has emotions, and we perceive them to be
negative or negatively threatened toward us, we are motivated to decode them inaccurately
postural congruence and mimicry = - Answer intimacy
Tun taking factoids - Answer -50% of all turns that occur in a conversation are smooth
(suggesting the turn taking system)
- A 'smooth' transition occurs when the floor switches from A to B without a perceptible pause
-occur in less then 250 ms
Cognitive multitasking - Answer -floor switches are fast (the moment we realize we have an
opportunity to speak, we take it "the gun shot and running")
-people MUST be anticipating and predicting the end of a speakers turn
-listeners plan their utterances while still listening to the speakers utterance
Simultaneous turns - Answer -both participants claim the speaking floor at the same time
