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1

The distance from 18 inches to 4 feet is called
A)intimate.
B)personal.
C)social.
D)public.
2

Edward Hall defined social distance as communication occurring between
A)0 to 18 inches.
B)18 inches to 4 feet.
C)4 to 10 feet.
D)beyond 10 feet.
3

Burgoon's initial focus with expectancy violation theory was
A)concerned with proving how witnesses used emotion in court.
B)an attempt to explain how people reacted to different uses of space.
C)designed to prove Edward Hall's division of space wrong.
D)an attempt to change spatial norms in American society.
4

According to touching behaviors, Burgoon found which of the following?
A)Women expect to be touched more than men.
B)Putting your arm around someone who you don't know well in the American society is very unlikely.
C)Americans in task relationships expect little touching.
D)All of the above.
5

The positive or negative value we place on unexpected behavior is known as
A)an expectation.
B)violation valence.
C)reward valence.
D)tradition.
6

The human tendency to size up other people in terms of what they have to offer is called
A)violation valence.
B)threat threshold.
C)reward valence.
D)reciprocity.
7

Communication reward valence is similar to which interpersonal theory?
A)social penetration theory
B)interpersonal deception theory
C)dialectic theory
D)symbolic interactionism
8

Which of the following elements positively impact reward valence?
A)status
B)ability
C)good looks
D)all of the above
9

Based on Griffin's discussion of EVT, which of the following is true?
A)Burgoon's theory consistently gets the same results.
B)Burgoon’s theory does not account well for the abundance of reciprocity that occurs in interpersonal interactions.
C)EVT can only really explain touch, not other nonverbal interactions.
D)None of the above.
10

According to EVT when the violation valence is positive we
A)do more than is expected.
B)less than is expected.
C)about the same as expected.
D)don't react at all.
11

According to EVT when the violation valence is negative we
A)do more than is expected.
B)less than is expected.
C)about the same as expected.
D)don't react at all.
12

According to EVT, when we are unsure about the meaning of an action we
A)do more than is expected.
B)do less than is expected.
C)interpret the action in light of how that person can affect our lives.
D)do not respond.
13

Based on Paul Mongeau's research about dating expectations, which of the following is true?
A)Men expect female initiated dates to result in sexual activity.
B)Women expect male initiated dates to result in sexual activity.
C)Female initiated dates have higher sexual activity than male initiated ones.
D)a and c
14

According to Hall's research, communication between a student and a professor is likely to occur at which distance?
A)personal
B)social
C)intimate
D)public
15

The founding researcher for EVT was
A)Edward Hall.
B)Judee Burgoon.
C)Barnett Pearce.
D)I.A. Richards.
16

Expectancy violations theory stems from studies of personal space.
A)True
B)False
17

Chronemics is the study of how people use space.
A)True
B)False
18

The distance between 4 and 10 feet is called personal space.
A)True
B)False
19

Violation valence is the positive or negative value we place on unexpected behavior.
A)True
B)False
20

Reward valence is the positive or negative value we place on unexpected behavior.
A)True
B)False





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