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In an effort to seem more similar to a desirable person or to make it clear that we are indeed different from another person, we often make changes in our ______.

A) distance from that person
B) association habits
C) nonverbal behaviors
D) verbal behaviors

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The personal/casual zone ranges from ______.

A) 5-10 in.
B) 18 in. to about 4 ft.
C) 4-ft.
D) 26 in. to about 8 ft.

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Proxemics is the nonverbal code that involves the use of personal space and interpersonal distance. Each person acquires a slightly different understanding of their own personal space based upon their ______.

Because its relatively close proximity requires a degree of trust, people in our social/consultative zone are typically people we feel comfortable with or even people that we know quite well.

The classification of the space ranging from 0-18 in. is known as the ______ zone.

The biological and emotional responses to proxemics violations that one person is experiencing are immediately observable to other people in his or her environment.

Which of the following is an example of a social/consultative zone interaction?

Our initial perceptions of similarity with another person are almost always proven to be reliable over time.

The public zone ranges anywhere above 6 feet and is where we are most comfortable keeping unknown others with no professional obligations

One of the reasons that we select to have a relationship with another person because of perceptions of similarity is an attempt to ______.

At home Samantha has her own bedroom, but when she attends college she has to share a tiny dorm room with her new college roommate. Samantha's subsequent difficulty sleeping and concentrating may be attributed to a fight or flight reaction due to her perception of a proxemic violation.

Drawing on the valence factor of Expectancy Violation Theory, compare the impact on an individual in an interaction with a proxemic violator who offers rewards in contrast to the impact on an individual in an interaction with a proxemic violator who offers punishment.

______ is the term used to describe the situation that emerges when an individual is more likely to be attracted to things that they see frequently relative to those things that are rarely or never seen.

We tend to develop relationships with individuals who we perceive to be unusual or unique ______.

According to Expectancy Violation Theory, we form perceptions about another person who has violated our expectations about interpersonal distance based on valence when we consider ______.

When we desire a relationship with a person who complements us, we are generally seeking traits or behaviors that we perceive they possess and we're lacking in.

Identify and describe, using an example that includes nonverbal behaviors, the characteristics of each of Edward T. Hall's four zones of interaction distance.

While the agreed to amount distance considered "good manners" varies by culture, there is a near-universal understanding that exhibiting "good manners" requires some amount of distance.

As compared to our intimate zone, our personal/casual zone ______.

During social/consultative zone interactions we are generally comfortable keeping others "at arm's length," in contrast to public zone interactions where we are generally ______.