C464 WGU questions with correct answers

Social distance (workplace) Answer 4 to 12 feet away Regulators Answer movements that help communicators manage conversation; examples of regulators include waving your hand to tell someone to get to the point, checking the time when you want a speaker to wrap up, or creating distance between yourself and the other communicator (by walking further away) when you want that person to stop talking. Bias-free language Answer communicate your respect for others; sensitive to others' sex, race, age, physical condition, and other characteristics Verbal communication Answer the sharing of information, among communicators, using language Language Answer a collection of words that are symbolic because they have arbitrary meanings governed by a system of rules. Denotative meanings Answer the universal or dictionary definitions of words that groups agree on Connotative meanings Answer these are contextual meanings that we associate with words, meanings that often express some kind of value beyond the commonly agreed upon definition Abstract words Answer refer to intangibles, like "honor," "love," and "moral