Deck 15: Appendix: Methods of Nonverbal Communication Research

Question 1

Collection and verification of primary sources, interpreting the information found, and making conclusions. To what do these issues refer?

A) Forms of data collected.
B) Major areas used to decide what methodology to use.
C) Definition of Triangulation.
D) Functions of a Literature Review.
E) None of the above.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

This occurs where research builds off of other research, often through replication, and also provides another angle for interpreting results. To what does this refer?

A) Deciding what data counts.
B) The process of using a field experiment.
C) Definition of Triangulation.
D) The continuity distinction.
E) None of the above.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Information from laboratory investigations, from surveys, from field experiments, and from field studies. To what does this refer?

A) Forms of data collected.
B) Responses to messages received.
C) How norms play a part in nonverbal communication.
D) Decision tools for conducting nonverbal research.
E) None of the above.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

What counts as data AND how data count: to what does this refer?

A) Establishing a theoretical perspective.
B) Major areas used to decide what methodology to use.
C) Structural approach.
D) Continuity distinction.
E) None of the above.

Question 5

If you went into a classroom and controlled certain variables in order to see if those variables had an effect on the student's behavior, you would be using this form of research.

A) Structural approach.
B) Functional approach.
C) Field Studies.
D) Field Experiment.
E) None of the above.

Question 6

Let's say you sit in the lobby of your class building to discover whether students are more nonverbally stressed out when they have 10 minutes between their classes (MWF) or when they have 15 minutes (Tu/Th). You look for certain nonverbal behaviors deemed stressful by earlier research; you count the numbers of them on the two different class schedule days for a two-week period. Then you analyze your findings. What form of research would you be using?

A) Linguistic Distinction.
B) Field Studies.
C) Norm of Reciprocity.
D) Data Analysis and Application.
E) None of the above.

Question 7

When you use this to create a theoretical perspective, you look at the variables of the study in their totality, as "whole picture." It is also referred to as Gestalt or external variable. Which concept is this referring to?

A) Cultural influences.
B) Use of a literature review.
C) Functional approach.
D) Structural approach.
E) None of the above.

Question 8

When you use this to create a theoretical perspective, you look at the variables of the study separately; each is looked at individually. Which concept is this referring to?

A) Structural approach.
B) Dyadic effect.
C) Methodological approach.
D) Functional approach .
E) None of the above.

Question 9

This step of nonverbal communication research has you looking through the materials that exist on the topic you wish to research. It is the first step of ALL scientific research, not just nonverbal communication research. Which step is it?

A) Establishing a Theoretical Perspective.
B) Literature Review.
C) Interactional research approach.
D) Data Analysis and Application.
E) None of the above.

Question 10

This step of nonverbal communication research has you deciding whether you want quantitative or qualitative results, or both, and choosing a way to get that information.

A) Establishing a Theoretical Perspective.
B) Determining a Methodology.
C) Data Collection.
D) Data Analysis and Application.
E) None of the above.

Question 11

This step of nonverbal communication research has you using laboratory experiments, surveys and questionnaires, field experiments, and field studies to complete this step of the research process.

A) Continuity distinction.
B) Determining a Methodology.
C) Data Collection.
D) Filters that influence how we conduct research.
E) None of the above.

Question 12

This step of nonverbal communication research has you choosing to follow a structural approach or a functional approach. Which is it?

A) Establishing a Theoretical Perspective.
B) Definition of triangulation.
C) Data collection and analysis.
D) Contextual norms in communication.
E) None of the above.

Question 13

Tell the things you should consult when reviewing the literature of nonverbal communication.

Question 14

Tell the issues of the amount of control you have over variables when studying them.

Question 15

Tell the limitations of nonverbal research.

Question 16

Discuss why replication is important when conducting studies, giving an example where it might strengthen some research findings.

Question 17

Using an example of a nonverbal phenomenon that you would like to know more about, discuss how you might go about studying it.

Question 18

Using an example, discuss how your analysis of the information you might glean in a field experiment will be different than at field study.