PSYC 3110 1st EditionExam 2 Study Guide1. Why is noverbal communication important? Is it typically less accurate than verbal communication?2. What is an interpersonal gap? Are these more common among strangers or people in close relationships?3. *Discuss facial expressions. Are they thought to be universal/hardwired or culturally determined? What evidence supports your conclusion?4. Can people accurately read the facial expression of someone from another culture? How quickly can the average college student recognize an emotion on another’s face? Are they easy to control as compared to body movement or verbal communication? 5. What are display rules? Microexpression?6. What about body movement? How do dominant/less dominant people present their bodies? Who touches more: high/lower status people? 7. What is the correlation like with regards to touch (such as kissing) and cholesterol?8. Is interpersonal distance consistent across cultures?9. What is mimicry? Know the avatar study on page 153.10. Paralanguage? True or false: Women’s voices are more attractive when they are ovulating, even if they are on the Pill.11. Regarding nonverbal communication, who seems more talented, men or women? Who applies themselves more?12. Be aware of Noller’s research on happy and unhappy couples (page 154; 2 studies, know both of them)13. *With regard to self disclosure, what is breadth? Depth? How do these typically change as we get to know someone better? How does reciprocity of self disclosure change with intimacy? Do people generally prefer disclosure to be reciprocal? Be able to describe social penetration theory.14. Be familiar with the interpersonal process model of intimacy15. Once you are in an established relationship, how important is reciprocal self disclosure? 16. What are the two common trajectories described by Floyd and Bakeman, (2006) for coming out? How is attachment style associated with coming out (Elizur & Minzer, 2001)17. What are taboo subjects? How are they related to satisfaction? How does commitment figure into taboo subjects? 18. What are secret tests? Triangle tests? Endurance and separation tests? (pg. 161)19. What are idioms? How are they related to satisfaction?20. How is degree of self disclosure related to health and life satisfaction?21. We aware of the findings regarding the “love letter” studies conducted by Floyd, et al., 2007, page 16122. Who speaks more tentatively, men or women?23. Who talks more, men or women?24. How is self disclosure related to gender? How does androgyny related to this?25. What seems to be responsible for these differences, biology or gender roles?26. Androgynous men’s self disclosure levels appear more like ______than _______(pg. 165).27. What does the term blirtatiouness mean?28. *Are complaining and conflict detrimental to relationships? What is kitchen sinking? What are the 4 horsemen of the Apocalypse? Who is more likely to stonewall? Off beam? Cross complaining? Perception checking? Validation?29. Be familiar with the 8 ways suggested to avoid miscommunication. How long should you take a break during a conflict to decrease emotional flooding? What % of couples report “perpetual issues”? What is perception checking? Validation?30. What is a behavioral description?31. *What information from the communication chapter suggests that evolutionary/biological sources influence social communication? What evidence suggests that social forces influence communication? You should have 3 correct examples of each up your sleeve.32. *KNOW the listening